Hairpin Turn
Don’t
take away the hairpin turn,
take away the hairpin turn,
boomerang cliff
magnetic abyss
kiss of confusion
on my lips,
slick skin of the road
under my hips. Don’t
straighten her now.
Stay asleep at the wheel
if it keeps the spin
meandering---when
the curves unpeel
we'll be almost
there, locked
there, locked
in the straight blue stare
of hell.
~September 2013
55 in a 15mph Zone for the g-man
Optional Musical Accompaniment
Hey Galen--I know you get *this!* Thanks for always reading my psychobabble.
Images: Columbia River Gorge Highway, H. Dragon on flick'r creative commons
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Bottom: Untitled, by Zdislav Beksinksi
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via wikipaintings.org
Curves unpeel, blue stare of hell ~ What a lovely shaped poem ~ And I was just reading about Princess Grace Kelly and way she died, on the devil's turn of the road ~ I hope you are well Hedge ~
ReplyDeletewell now...nice concrete poem joy...reminds me a bit of the white zombie song...cant think of it right now...slick skin of the road under my hips...cool line that...and i like the flow...
ReplyDeletePowerful. I just keep reading back around that curve. It's like a romance you know will have a bad end but it's too much fun to pull out of before it's too late.
ReplyDeleteI love concrete poetry, and really wanted to do that as my theme for my challenge tomorrow, but felt that it's too difficult to achieve on the computer.
ReplyDeleteI can't drive 55 either!
Favorite phrases:
ReplyDelete1. magnetic abyss
2. slick skin of the road under my hips
3. when the curves unpeel
Good stuff.
Plus I love the pictures.
Thanks for doing Friday 55!
Mine's here:
http://jannaverse.blogspot.com/2013/09/try-some-of-those-14375-facebook.html
After just returning from Colorado, and driving to the summit of
ReplyDelete14,280 ft Mt. Evans, your cool story/poem was right on time.
Loved your appropriate Vid.
Loved your snaky 55
Thanks for your always classy support
Have a Kick Ass Week-End
love the blue stare of hell (though i don't want to be staring back at it) - & that is some curve, especially the one that left words behind on the page ;)
ReplyDeleteThis is nice. Very comprehensible and delightful to read.
ReplyDeleteLoved that you incorporated the shape into your awesome words, hedgewitch.
ReplyDeleteThis is exactly why I came back into the blogosphere, to read this kind of poetry. You've done casual rhyme so smoothly it slips while it turns. This is a great read-aloud piece. Your ending puts a vice grip finish on. Thanks, Hedge.
ReplyDeleteI love re-reading your poetry a second time, aloud. You really are queen of alliteration and whatever else the terms are. Your poetry is always a treat for the voice and tongue.
ReplyDeleteHa! Now, I don't much care for concrete poetry, but this works super super well. I'm shaking a bit at the thought of it all--it's sensual, scary, sexy, shakes a torqued finger at narcissism, all in one go. And great rhythm and sound.
ReplyDeleteHow we love those wild rides, even the bad ones have a vividness one longs for--the sensational, literally. So good. k.
Whoa! This is just cool, Hedge!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant! What more could be said of this masterpiece?
ReplyDeleteYep.
ReplyDeleteGood one, Hedge. That final turn, into Hell. Damnation.