Left Lane
  JERRY BROWNING

 

 BROKEN COMPASS   

 

Left Lane
 

                        I

wake up my son
time to run
breathe wild breeze
thru tingling lungs
roll up camp
chart your course
map intuition
polarize compass
to sinless submission

white lines
stop signs
speeding to find
a bridge never crossed
a mountain unclimbed

 

old winds moan

thru open car windows

            gypsy generation

            you’re lost

            turn back…

            have you no visions?

rain blurs the glass
don’t over-react
zz…if wishes were fishes
all nets would be cast…zz
turn the radio down
wiper blades howl
steady ol’ boy
steady ‘er now
 

II
 

smoke bleeds off

the last horizon

faces seem ugly

black moon’s a risin’

 

can’t feel the road

‘neath burning feet

floorboard a thumpin’

in insane beats

 

crossroads sever

awkward precision

like heartless brain surgeon’s

virgin incision

 

chaos…

 

ask no questions

tell no lies

wheels dizzily spin

like dead men’s eyes

 

feel no pain

no resistance

lights disappear

to a point

in the distance

 

Houston, Texas ‘82




Intro Image -
"SideView Mirror" by  Jeff Breiman
Empact Image - "Incubator"
by Gabriel Forgottenangel
 

Play "Left Lane" recited by Tracey Kotze

Tracey Kotze - Model, Actor, Dancer
Dublin Region, Ireland

Tracey has been in the creative and fine arts all her life. Not only a champion Ballroom and Latin American 10 dance Champion for over 8 years running, she's an accomplished artist, illustrator, hairdresser, and done a bit of modeling.
              

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