Speeding along not a care in the world
the young man and his beautiful girl
driving in an open-topped E-type Jag
they were happy
...............................and life was a whirl.

They were racing along the motorway
fast approaching Gravelly Hill
when a tanker jack-knifed in front of them
..........I can hear their screaming still.

They had nowhere to go but under
the trailer, however, was too low
and I, in a car a short distance back
saw both of their heads suddenly
........................................................­.go.

One head rolled onto the hard shoulder
and sat there staring right back at me
while the other bounced over the railing
and fell into Witton
.....................................for all there to see.

It put me off my lunch I can tell you
for that's where I was going at the time
and if it wasn't for the fact that it's totally true
it would be a case of the ridiculous
.....................................from the sublime.



©Joe Wilson - Heads, you lose...2015