A bump in the road

14 Oct 2013

A bump in the road

She thought a thorn
had broken the skin of her ankle
while horseback riding near
old Route 66 in the
North Valley of Albuquerque

It looks like a snake bite
I said as I brought my eyes closer

You know she said
I thought maybe I heard a rattle
as we skirted past the brush
but I thought it was your iPhone
making one of its noises

We better go get yourself
fixed up now I said
we’re supposed to be at
Doc & Eddy’s at seven-thirty

october two thousand thirteen
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Posted in Nature, Poetry and tagged Albuquerque, Doc & Eddy's, horseback riding, instacare, iPhone, poem, poetry, rattlesnake, Route 66, snake bite

13 thoughts on “A bump in the road”

archiearchive FCD on October 14, 2013 at 8:04 pm said:

YIKES! You have touched on one of my primal fears. *shivering uncontollably now*

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- j matthew waters on October 14, 2013 at 8:08 pm said:
  
  ha ha – agreed! I am not a big snake fan! don’t see them much around my neighborhood but they are certainly around. In this case I had to go all the way to New Mexico to find one to write about ;`)
  
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Julia Dean-Richards on October 15, 2013 at 2:52 am said:

Eek. What is more dangerous? A snake or an iphone?

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- j matthew waters on October 15, 2013 at 6:37 am said:
  
  I’m beginning to think the latter!
  
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I Am Jasmine Kyle on October 15, 2013 at 6:28 am said:

I FRICKIN HATE HATE HATE snakes! This was CHILLING for me!

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- j matthew waters on October 15, 2013 at 6:38 am said:
  
  I think you are in the majority!
  
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  - I Am Jasmine Kyle on October 15, 2013 at 6:42 am said:
    
    Agreed!
waterjug on October 15, 2013 at 10:21 pm said:

I love the way the persona “I” is so matter-of-factly. “We better go get yourself fixed …” Such understated distance and adherence to order.

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- j matthew waters on October 15, 2013 at 10:33 pm said:
  
  more like a machine than merely acting nonchalantly ;`)
  
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Björn Rudberg (brudberg) on October 20, 2013 at 4:35 pm said:

I laughed at the end – is that inappropriate ?

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- j matthew waters on October 20, 2013 at 5:31 pm said:
  
  absolutely – laughing is great therapy
  
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lscotthoughts on November 1, 2013 at 9:54 pm said:

I love this one and not because I love snakes! It gave me the heebie geebies in that respect, but I love the casual conversation going on and also, the combination of snake and iPhone! 🙂

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- j matthew waters on November 2, 2013 at 7:15 am said:
  
  I was certainly going for ‘casual’ on this one! Thanks, Lauren!
  
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