I fought the new road
With its wide straight bore:
An obtuse artifice,
Nurturing speed in a
Timeless place of
Mountain grandeur.

Yet, how pastorally
Now from the old curves,
I watch the impetuous
Hasten foolishly
Down the canyon.

01/26/2002

Posted on 01/26/2002
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