Constitutional (George’s Bay, St Helens, Tasmania) A thrilling elegance of curve Seductive as a woman’s hip Thrust out, a corner on the track Skirting the bay is blind and brings The black stampeded horses of Hippolytus as suddenly To mind as they might sweep around And trample, and of course the train On top of Tolstoy’s heroine Before she knew it, and Nietzsche, Who without warning on a bend, Confronted by a rearing mare Being mercilessly flogged, flung His arms about her and went mad. And so I bypass on my walk A bench…
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