WHAT IF THIS ROAD - by Sheenagh Pugh

WHAT  IF  THIS  ROAD by  Sheenagh Pugh     What if this road, that has held no surprises     these many years, decided not to go     home after all; what if it could turn     left or right with no more ado     than a kite-tail? What if its tarry skin     were like a long, supple bolt of cloth,     that is shaken and rolled out, and takes     a new shape from the contours beneath?     And if it chose to lay itself down     in a new way; around a blind corner,     across hills you must climb without knowing     what's on the other side; who would not hanker     to be going, at all risks? Who wants to know     a story's end, or where a road will go?