Mag 178, with Wyeth and me

Man and the Moon
by Andrew Wyeth
used as prompt by Mag 178

bareback motorcycle riding

is best by moonlight

he thought, deriding

helmet, chaps and boots and all

sure that he wouldn’t have a fall

for what kind of traffic would there be

out here where no one else could see?

forgetting the moonlight

forgetting the danger

forgetting it all—

but, wait! a stranger man than he

was waiting up the road a wee

distance 'til the motorbike

came abreast, and then he’d strike...

when the run was done

without any fun

for the rider,

with bike at hand he got astride 'er

and headed for the nearest

doctor’s office where his dearest

wish was that his parts would be

sewn back where they used to be;

little did he know, the nurse

was nasty mean, and yet, what’s worse:

he had met the doctor before

and that was why he was so sore

by Kay L. Davies, July, 2013

Posted for Mag 178