It is so easy, when
distracted,
say, by a chicken, selling
fireworks
from a kiosk on the roadside,
to let the tires drift
slowly
from the straight and
narrow
pavement into mud
that sucks us down so hard,
or loose and scattered
gravel
that inveigles us sideways
on the slope, into the
ditch.
The experts say to slow it
easy,
steer gently into a
smoothing glide
back upon the road while
watching
warily in all directions at
once.
When we are old there is
no time
for expert stuff. Jerk those
worn down
tires back up onto the
road.
Now.
John Robert McFarland
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