Biker Beware
©2012 Susan Noyes Anderson
Image: eric mahoney
Don’t let the green grow
underneath your feet.
It could be grass, you know;
though eerie green’s been
seen to bode no good.
Ill wind can creep up
in the dark, raise hairs
along your glowing shin.
Don’t let it in.
Don’t ever
let it in.
(no phone booth
Superman tonight
just kryptonite)
No safety
here or there,
no safety
here
or
there.
Biker, beware.
∞§∞
This poem was written in response to the photograph by Eric Mahoney posted above. I think you will agree it is a fascinating and rather eerie image! For me it brought to mind images of phone booths and powerful adversaries and (gulp!) kryptonite…but maybe that’s just me. At any rate, I enjoyed reacting to this very creative art by Mr. Mahoney. Hope you enjoyed the result.
Tags: adversity, courage, fear, life, vulnerability