Just for Fun … and a hug to Chris – September 10, 2015

Chris, known to us as the Muscleheaded Blogger, told me he’s a water-rat … but likes rapids. Now when you consider that this is a dude that likes to ride a motorcycle (and what a motorcycle it is!  … well you can see where the rapids might come into the story … so I wrote a haiku for him … and he said that he often felt like the leaf in the haiku … so I made the haiku become a tanka and then I remembered Arlo Guthrie’s Motorcycle song … :

Vincent Black Shadow 1950 found at ‘The Muscleheaded Blog’

white water roaring
that leaf caught up in the flow
tumbling to the sea
but he roars down the fast lane
feeling like a tumbling leaf …

© G.s.k. ‘15

Have a peek at The Muscleheaded Blog if you’re in the need of a good laugh btw … it’ll be worth your while. And you can see him here … on his home page … motorcycle and all!