solid metaphors

[asakiyume]

I went to photograph the Band-aid from yesterday (which upon closer inspection may not be a Band-aid at all; so much for waxing lyrical). I went in a rain-snow drizzle, and on the way I found these hulking, shining, solid metaphors.

Side tracks and switch--do you want to change direction?



You may wish to switch tracks, but you probably don't want to be sidelined.


How long, how long must I wait here?

This isn't really a metaphor, but I like the promise of a golden west, here in the gloomy east. Not sure how trustworthy that promise is, though.



PS--seems I've seen the same thing, had the same thought, and shared it here before--but at a better time of year (link)

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[asakiyume]

You're right. I never thought that about train infrastructure (even though I've seen the new sleepers waiting to be laid down and the piles of discarded ones), but I think about it a lot about roads: it takes such effort to repave them, and they begin to deteriorate immediately.