Magpie Tales #88 - "Slope & Pitch"

Used for Magpie Tales #88:   Lee Friedlander, from America by Car

Slope & Pitch

Intimidating,

whatever the angle,

its reflection taunts me

leering over two lanes

breathing down my neck,

its size magnified in my rearview.

My quickened breath

fogs the menace,

temporary blur welcomed

as I remember another time,

a younger time,

of similar concrete mountains

scaled with ease

strength and endurance

my faithful friends.

But now I pause

to consider slope and pitch...

I take my first steps

within the monster's shadow,

feeling the city's pulse beneath my

Christian Louboutin clad feet

as I pursue an answer

to the age old question...

Why does time change us so;

Am I wiser and smarter

or weaker and slower?

by Margaret Bednar, Art Happens 365, October 24, 2011

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This was written for Magpie Tales #88.  (and nothing like an awesome pair of shoes to give us confidence... but would a "wiser" woman really wear these?  ... on TV they do LOL)

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