Monday, September 11, 2023

Live Free Or Die


 

Mountains are to hills what elephants are

to mice. The very geology of great granite

protuberances that straddle the Earth's mantle

inspire awe, their gigantism both intimidates

and attracts the adventurous answering to a

subconscious urge to mount their summits as

though by so doing they have slain a giant.

And their allure extends through the hairpin

turns and twists of mountain roads to a variant

of the thrill-seeking spirit seeking intoxication

of the senses in daring mountain passes and

elevations on a motorcycle speeding the

tight curves taunting death's oversight in

proximity to gradients and guardrail-less

slopes where skids are lethal and the rising

mists portend a mysterious netherworld. The

sun's heat and updrafts conspire toward the

sound and fury of electrical storms where

thunder plays the drums of the mountain's

concerto, the wild wind blasting rain and

hailstones on the hapless skulls of those

intrepid motorcycle fiends speeding down

the mountainside, one hand on the handlebar

the other desperately shielding their naked

vulnerable scalps from the icy inundation.

 

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