A motorcyclist, worse for drink,
He didn’t stop, he didn’t think.
From out the olive groves, and fast,
Just when a van was driving past,
He shot into the road – and SMACK -
He cartwheeled, landed on his back.
“He had no helmet”, my friend said
“And hit the asphalt with his head!”
“Glück im Unglück”, Germans say
And luck there was that summer day.
The quick reactions of the driver
Trained in first aid as a diver.
To make the miracle complete,
A doctor in the other seat,
Who made him comfortable until
The ambulance came up the hill.
When asking next day how he fared
My friend was told his life was spared.
