road signs

 Isn’t it grand that one can find story starters everywhere: Fodder for fiction. Grist for a poem. On my morning rounds, I saw two familiar signs in a new light. Can you imagine the endless creative harvest that these signs could yield if given a chance. I wonder if Robert Frost beheld a pastoral road sign at the point his roads diverged.

 Speaking of taking roads less traveled: it seems to me that most people consider following relatively uncharted paths is somehow scholarly or creative or courageous. I lean toward that line of thought, too, with at least one caveat: Whatever the road, keep your moral compass handy