The Bridge

THE NEW BRIDGE DROPPED TO AFFORD THE PASSAGE OF THE TWO ONCOMING CARS

AND LENT TO THIS MOMENT

WAS NIGHT AND IT'S BRIGHT STARS

ALAS! THE BRIDGE MUST RISE SPOKE THE KEEPER OF THE DRAW

AND THE ACTS THAT FOLLOWED HENCE SINCE BORN HE NEVER SAW

HE TUGGED ON EVERY LEVER AT LEAST A DOZEN TRIES

BUT DOWN DID STAY THE BASCULE NO INCHES DID IT RISE

IN THE DISTANCE WHISTLES FROM A SHIP STEADILY SHOT

THE KEEPER SCRAMBLED OFF THE BRIDGE BEFORE THE GROUND STARTED THE HOTCH

THE SHIP WAS MOVING MUCH TOO FAST TO STOP BEFORE COLLISION

ONLOOKERS GAZED IN DISBELIEF AND BLINKED TO CLEAR THEIR VISION

THE GROUND BEGAN TO MOVE AND RAISED THE STILL DOWN BRIDGE A BIT

HIGH ENOUGH TO LET PASS UNDER THE LARGEST OF BIG SHIPS

A MIRACLE, A MIRACLE, A MIRACLE IT WAS

THE TWO SIDES HAD TOUCHED AND FOREVER THEIR IN LOVE!