Road-ghosts

The road-ghosts appear after Montluçon. Those around Montluçon stand upright with a jagged flash running down through the head; further east and north the images have a hanging head: such simple designs, but clearly portraying dead bodies with a powerful effect of dejection, mourning and despair. In daylight they are disturbing; at night they are frightening. I wonder if their impact is the one intended. Boy racers probably don't even give them a glance. Those of delicate sensibilities, seeing the images loom suddenly in the headlights, are more likely to be shocked into coming off the road.