Death of a truckdriver

Post by **mudshark** » October 5th, 2009, 5:35 pm

4 hours ago i loaded up a trailer
went in to fix the mans paper
when i came back...

the nose was broken from the fall
an orange coffe cup was turned head down beside him
it took the ambulance 3 days to get there
... turned out it was ten minutes

they told me to keep pushin

when they plugged him in to some electricity
i went and washed the blood of my face

the police
The pizza
the boss
the health care people
My working mates

asked if i had someone
at home
didnt mention the cats
or the whisky

I said i was fine
And the
Pizza tasted red anyway

Post by **WIREMAN** » October 5th, 2009, 7:52 pm

one thing in life
to love
let it be pizza

Post by **justwalt** » October 5th, 2009, 7:53 pm

red tastes best when accompanied with
its respective color,
pizza-red is good...
I don't trust blue foods...

and this story of yours seemed to be dotted with
some neural detours...

funny thing is, I understand it.

cool.

Post by **stilltrucking** » October 5th, 2009, 9:08 pm

under the big hammer
Hutch told his story
about loading coil steel
not chained down tight
foreman hurried him up
load shifted
driver killed
___________________________

Next day he was not there
"Where's Hutch" I asked
someone told me he fell dead
off a freight dock
told me he was dead before he hit the ground.
Everybody loved Hutch, he had integrity
_________________________________________

Us teamster brothers hanging out
standing under the big hammer
of the hardware store
next door to the union hall
on hanover street in south baltimore
we all told our stories
& I believed that big neon hammer on the sign would come down on my head if I told a lie.

Post by **stilltrucking** » October 6th, 2009, 2:13 am

an orange coffe cup

some images
get burned onto the back of your eyes

Post by **mudshark** » October 6th, 2009, 2:31 pm

stilltruckn and walt, thanx for words!
wire- ) thanx for partisipating.

and you are right Stltrkn, its hard to get some of these pictures out of the head. but it only happened yesterday, so...
i am greatful for the experience, and deeply humble to be the last man he saw,spoke to looked at. after 66 years.
i belive strongly, that shitlike this hapeens for a reason.

then again, maybe the first aid lessons happened for a reason...

Post by **stilltrucking** » October 6th, 2009, 3:45 pm

I don't know mudshark
You are probably right
I just thought you wrote it
well
I deleted a line of my original post
Wireman is probably right too
first though was maybe best
I wanted to participate too so I closed with this line
"Make mine the meat lovers special"

Post by **sooZen** » October 6th, 2009, 7:11 pm

You told the tale well. I think shit like that happens for a reason too although I don't know what they are, especially at the time.

Nice to read you again mudshark...

Post by **mtmynd** » October 6th, 2009, 7:24 pm

i belive strongly, that shitlike this hapeens for a reason.

"i believe reasons happen for a shit. no shit." - the astral hobo

Post by **WIREMAN** » October 7th, 2009, 9:16 pm

inevitably shit happens
ying/yang pull
it ain't all gotta be bueno
wheel goes round
top spins
one way in the north
another way to the south

Post by **stilltrucking** » October 13th, 2009, 8:40 am

they say our brain evolved to seek patterns
Lessons to be learned
forewarned and forearmed
but it beats me
zen
baby steps
beginers mind
still after all these years of posting to you
I have learned by not learning from you

sometimes it takes spontaneous zen nonsense to learn
a good mind fuck
there it is
see there I go agian
first word thoughts
for what it is worth

"the wheel"
"every time that wheel goes goes round bound to cover a little more ground"

Post by **stilltrucking** » October 13th, 2009, 8:52 am

mudshark wrote:

then again, maybe the first aid lessons happened for a reason

That could be it.

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