A long road
horizon's far distant
destination sign
sets my wayward nerve
a jangling. Till tiring
of perpetual parallels
like that on-the-spot
Red Queen's race*
I retire.
Give me blind bends
those out-of sight turnings.
It's curiosity
that keeps this pilgrim
to the path
- from Alice through the Looking Glass – Lewis Carrol
Just 44 words for Lisa’s quadrille prompt: Around the Bend
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