Transport and Perception
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 5:31 pm
Transport and Perception
Choose wisely the transport you take
for it shapes your whole perception.
It's the same world, the same you,
the same eyes watching. But...
Large aircraft isolate, despite the fat man
sharing your armrest, dripping with nerves
and making you think...
"Is his sick bag really big enough?".
Small aircraft, if you're the pilot,
make flying so intimate, so immediate,
that things of the ground become irrelevant
until the wheels bump you back to 'reality'.
Cars cocoon and isolate, a mechanical haven
with stereophonic surround sound.
Turn on the radio and aim for point 'B'.
You'll probably get there.
Motorcycles, like small aircraft, can be intense.
Total privacy inside your helmet,
with the world streaming past. Snapshot moments,
people and places, stored for later recall.
Trains, like large aircraft, isolate you but let
the scenery unfold slowly. Little villages,
a curve in a river, a narrow boat on a canal.
Like watching a film with the sound turned off.
A rowing skiff on a meandering English river,
lofty cattle towering on the banks alongside.
Splash of oars, creak of rowlocks, fish below,
and an eye level meeting with an aloof Swan.
Choose wisely the transport you take,
whether for necessity or pleasure.
Nothing is ever quite the same
when you see from a different viewpoint.
Gyppo
Choose wisely the transport you take
for it shapes your whole perception.
It's the same world, the same you,
the same eyes watching. But...
Large aircraft isolate, despite the fat man
sharing your armrest, dripping with nerves
and making you think...
"Is his sick bag really big enough?".
Small aircraft, if you're the pilot,
make flying so intimate, so immediate,
that things of the ground become irrelevant
until the wheels bump you back to 'reality'.
Cars cocoon and isolate, a mechanical haven
with stereophonic surround sound.
Turn on the radio and aim for point 'B'.
You'll probably get there.
Motorcycles, like small aircraft, can be intense.
Total privacy inside your helmet,
with the world streaming past. Snapshot moments,
people and places, stored for later recall.
Trains, like large aircraft, isolate you but let
the scenery unfold slowly. Little villages,
a curve in a river, a narrow boat on a canal.
Like watching a film with the sound turned off.
A rowing skiff on a meandering English river,
lofty cattle towering on the banks alongside.
Splash of oars, creak of rowlocks, fish below,
and an eye level meeting with an aloof Swan.
Choose wisely the transport you take,
whether for necessity or pleasure.
Nothing is ever quite the same
when you see from a different viewpoint.
Gyppo