{"id":2701,"date":"2017-06-06T12:22:11","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T20:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=2701"},"modified":"2017-06-06T12:22:11","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T20:22:11","slug":"the-road-of-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=2701","title":{"rendered":"The Road Of Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Road Of Progress<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It was late on a very dark night.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It was coming, just out of sight.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Down the road, it was said.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

A monster lurked. It was red.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Then, it was on the road.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Charging fast, smoke billowed.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It roared like an angry lion.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Its eyes glowed. I ain\u2019t lying.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The year was 1901.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I dropped my bottle of rum.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I took off through the woods.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I was running as fast as I could.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It growled and flew on by,<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

down the road with an eerie cry. <\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

What the hell was that thing?<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It smelled like smoke and gasoline.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I was shaking in my boots.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I ran home for a gun to shoot.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I went back and waited for it.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I heard it coming lickedy split.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I fired several rounds into it.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It swerved and did a flip.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It was lying on its back.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Smoke was raising. It\u2019s a fact.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Slowly, I approached the beast.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

There was a body underneath.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Then, I saw it was a machine.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Then I woke up from the dream.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I had to call it a nightmare.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It was scary as hell, I swear.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Later I went out to the road.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Strange tracks there did unfold.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Like wagon tracks, but wider.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I took a swig of apple cider.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I needed something stronger.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t take this much longer.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

So started the automobile age.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Similar storied were the rage.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

So, don\u2019t be shocked, if today.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Something strange comes your way.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

—————–R.W. Johnson—–(2017)<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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