Seduction
by
In the tire store, offering
its best come hither stare,
stacks of freshly molded
rubber, untouched, deeply
treaded, unkissed by any
pavement. Taunt and tight
as only the untractioned
can be. Alloy steel rims
gleam like modern grails.
Morning light illuminates
tiny feeler fingers budding
from whitewalls, reaching
from radials, mute testimony
to their virginal state. Out
front, in
ation, punctured by sunlight,
retreads play 'remember when'.
24 comments:
I shall never look at a tyre the same way again....
I had to do something while I was waiting for new tires. (Besides knit) Might as well write a poem about it! :)
That poem tired me out!
hope you didn't stay up all night thinking of that reply, Anon! :)
Yes,yes I did!
Ah'm so tired......
You'll be tyred of tyre jokes.
Sorry.
I liked it.
Anon, don't quit your day job. Or your night one either!
Anthony - some days the weird just takes over. :)
Beauty in all things, and appreciation of things we don't always consider anything more than merely practical.
I just noticed the "Corgi Thursday" thingy on the right hand side.
Sneaky.
And insiduous.
Stan - get trapped in a tire store long enough, everything starts to look different. :)
Anon - All Corgis, all the time!
Constance,
What a novel way of saying it! The strange and fresh choice of metaphor works surprisingly well.
Poetically magical.
I wish you well.
~ Jeques
have never seen tyre from that angle before :)
rambler- you have to tilt your head sideways. Way sideways. *g*
jeques - thank you. Trying to come at things from an angle now and then.
I love that you made a poem about something...well, completely different! Like Carla, I too shall never look at a tire the same way again...
Meghan, I usually just look to see if they are flat.. .except for this time. :P
Love these hunks of rubber with some personality and a dash of attitude!
Greyscale - tires with attitude! Sounds vaguely dangerous. :)
omg that's hilarious!
Well done! :)
Thought you might enjoy it, KC. *g*
only when yr tires are bald and old does four untouched tires look hot!.. that was great!
One more - exactly! *g*
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