Zen moment  zeemoment as the French might say  or not

                                                                    which occurs to him as he takes his nose out of the book hes reading to walk across the two-lane bridge that was erected in 1910  crossing Dove Creek

    he cherishes it

when mentioning that to his brother-in-law

                                              You . . . cherish . that bridge?

I do

Why?

 

    Stupid question

Cherishing a bridge sounds stupid to me.

Nineteenten

                  Show some respect for your elders woudya

Respect.   And cherish?

Youve crossed it

I have.

          Innumerable times, I grew up here.

But youre not impressed

I am not.

Rural bridge is a rural bridge is a rural bridge

                                                     Unimpressed

What’s to be impressed by?

he thought Ahole

               The waisthigh rails fashioned of formed sand pebbles concrete on either side of the road

The individual palisades supporting the broad capstone railing

                                                                     Its a work of art  Of engineering

The twelvebysix timbers you walk on an can look between to the water sluicing underneath

The rolled steel railing at its outer edge The recent chainlink fence strapped to it not six feet high not high enough to deter a jumper although the jump less one went headfirst snapping their neck woud more likely knockem unconscious drownem  probably only break feet ankles legs

    Whas not to be impressed by

                                   Id hazard a guess tha more things erected than not tha were made in America in Nineteenten have been demolished

Americans have little respect for aged things  people

                                                          Revere the new  The young

Unlike you.

Definitely unlike me

Every step as I cross it I relish  I run my hand on the beveledcrown railing

                                                                                      Its pure joy

You’re so easily amused.

 

Yet another joy I enjoy

                            I pity you  though he didnt say     

323preferred,  Wednesday,  6  5. 26

1041,  reggaefriday,  15  5. 26

Simon & Garfunkel  Bridge Over Troubled Water  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G-YQA_bsOU