Show Highway Incident faster and faster over the concrete ribbon speeds rocketing mass of glass and steel gasoline and human cargo cargo cargo- whether bound and why at ninety m m. p. p h. h ask the brain brains brail which sits behind the wheel twin beams cut in the velvet night night night- illuminate the six lane boulevard designed for safety safety glass in windshield and each window window safety safety tubes in tires the radio plays softly inside theall the theall theall all steel body all is well the night rushing by at ninety m m. p p. p h h. h gosh a mighty pop were we're sure movin holy gee ninety hot dog John dear dont don't you think wed we'd best slow down aftel all after all you know no hurry ah dont don't worry this baby's built for speed speed speed- safe too too boy boy can she move what's that ahead my God look out whites white blinding crash safety glass and twisted steel shiny gadgets weapons now post rammed right through papas papa's chest all is silent the woman moans now an and juniors junior's head lies quite near the rest of him calling patrol cars nine three and two four accident on boulevard routine investigation that is all any here cover up them bodies jake okay heres here's the meat wagon hey doc doe the womans woman's still alive keep that traffic movin joe you saw the crash musts musts' been doin doln a hunner an and listen you you stop I here for if it makes you puke get goin white wal wally walls and all in white all is white even the faces but the instruments gleam very sharply in inthe inthe inthe the sharp white light nurses doctors moving swiftly swiftly- swiftly automatons in rubber gloves and masks the smell of the hospital noiseless wheels move emergency room surgery the wards we would not like to see inside the iwhite I Iwhite white cans in surgery three u u.-T u. telegrams and phone calls caUs long distance and relatives all night nightlong nightlong nightlong long they come and they go dazed John John lies in the morgue and you'd not know him but it is said that morticians can do wonders these days th the little Tittle boy too he was so I cute witty his curly mop of hair calling patrol cars two three and nine four another accident on boulevard routine investigation ah nuts joe that's that us again hope this ones one's not as bad as the last that guy really been moving guess the truck didn't have lights or something who who knows if that dame lives Ues its it's gonna be tough wonder how a a. a t woman looks with a wooden leg Charley Smith Jr Arizona Highways Magazine 0 |