Bend

Today is dictionary day and I found a word and it was a “say what” moment.  The word was so straightforward it took me by surprise.  It was “bend” as in curve.
My mind went immediately to a bend I loved when riding my motorcycle in Townsville.  It was a sweeping left-hand curve that lent itself to leaning into and opening the throttle.  The trouble is the police knew that.  But I did not know they knew that.
It was too my absolute surprise to have a policeman with a handheld radar step out from behind a palm tree and nab me.  Ok he was in the right and I was in the wrong but, but, but.  It was such a nice curve.  I wish it was like Merril jokes and the speed limit signs are suggestions only.
Anyway long sweeping curves and motor cycles seem made for each other.
But curves when building seem to be hard.  I notice nearly all buildings I enter are rectangular.  Building in straight lines is easier.  Curves cost more, take more time and are harder to do.  Often results look great but they are definitely on a different level.  The sails of the Sydney Opera House are a work of art, but the building is famous for a number of reasons not least of which are the sails.
The only time I curve stuff is with garden edging.  I really like the results but even most garden beds are in a rectangular shape.
Bend does not only relate to physical structures.  People sometimes “bend the rules.”  I do have a problem with that.  I have recently taken to saying, “just because it is legal does not make it right.”  I am thinking how some incredibly wealthy influential people find loop holes to exploit.  It becomes like “one rule for them and another for most.”  Legal but not right.
Anyway bend brought to mind a few things.  I still wish though that policeman behind the palm tree had found something else to do that day.