Cut Short

Like many cyclists I have a GPS device that displays the route on rides. But on routes plotted by the great Andy Key, a fan of Wahoo GPS devices, my Garmin GPS devices cut short the warning messages he adds to the routes.

We’re lost

 We’ve lost the art of maps

         Lost our way and no longer see the road

Now things don’t exist

 Unless the computer says they do

Instead we need GPS to navigate life’s maze

 Even to weave down country lanes on summer days

But now my computer talks gibberish it seems

 It warns of hazards and perils

         But only through cryptic clues

“Danger Bus” it beeps - What?

 I see no bus, no people conveyance

         No bus on this busy road.

“Caution Cat” it warns - Where?

 I see no cat, no feline prowler

         Lurking to leap as I cross the cattle grid..

“Turn sligh” it tells me - Why?

 Maybe in its confusing grammar, it means sly cunning crafty tricky

         Well, I’ll try, just around this slight bend