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BORN TO BE MILD PART II: Head Out on the Highway

Published: Oct. 29, 2020, 3:33 p.m.

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BORN TO BE MILD PART II: "Head Out on the Highway" (or Zen and the Art of Motorcyclist Wannabeism) continues the saga of a dyed-in-the-wool Walter Mitty-ish man\\u2019s relationship with both the stark reality of sheer testosterone  daredeviltry and the dream-world  of a lurid imagination.  Will Tom end up being hit by the... "screamin\' deisel that was California bound," a la the song, "Black Denim Trousers"? Succumb to the fate of "The Leader of the Pack"? Or continue on through life as the boring, mild-mannered poet/armchair hobbyist?  

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