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By The Side Of The Road
by Richard Reed Jr
copyright 09-10-2006


Age Rating: 7 to 127

 
A swallow lying
By the dark side of the road
Like an artistic work
Interrupted, unfinished

I stopped my automobile
Paused and slid out
Feeling destiny's grip on my arm
Drawing me near to the bird of no song

With a stirring of heart prodding me
On, it came to me that
It could only be done there and then
In that desolate despairing desert
At destiny's way-stop, there...
By the side of the road

The ironic chosen instrument
A spoon from my lunch box
Clawed at the earth
With sadness at first
Then madness
And anger springing there-from
Like an entrapped tiger
Ferociously released
With a large measure of
pleasure and pain
Spewing out from within

I laid the swallow
Into the grave I had dug, there...
By the side of the road

It seemed somehow macabre
To find joy in that act of finality
And yet each turn of the earth
Was burying you, there...
By the side of the road


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10-25-2007 Deborah Thomas    

Ah! Sir Richard... thy humble servant shall also call thee 'Sir Richard'! lol. (u can call me Lady Judy if u like) Then we shall all get to play!
ok... enough commenting on the comments... lol.

I was on this journey with you on a quiet trip down the road. I saw the little bird too. Poor songless bird. I pretended it was taking a nap too close to the street and needed a 'dirt bed' to sleep in. (what I tell the grandkids when passing roadkill)
I was puzzled by the turn to anger... read more.
Then the last stanza revealed much! oooooo... ouch! Whole 'nother meaning when I read it again now.
Sometimes it takes an ironic moment to come to the obvious 'full circle'. The end of the insanity of chasing one's tail over and over for something (or someone) that will bear no fruit.

I can only imagine what the little bird's name is! Well... glad you got some closer on THAT one, honey! chuckles..
See ya later.
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