Today I’m Under Construction and
can hardly circumnavigate my brain
can hardly circumnavigate my brain
without running into orange cones.
This makes driving in the City quite a challenge,
This makes driving in the City quite a challenge,
alone with myself in a locked car, no place to go,
damned traffic report blaring on the radio:
damned traffic report blaring on the radio:
“Pipework on Agape Street. A hotspot in the vicinity
of Occupation. Expect twenty-minute delays
of Occupation. Expect twenty-minute delays
in Self-Esteem. Head-on collision
at the intersection of Child Custody and Visitation.
at the intersection of Child Custody and Visitation.
Sig Alert in Digestion; had to completely
shut down Sleep.” So don’t expect an easy answer,
shut down Sleep.” So don’t expect an easy answer,
no immediate delivery. I’m stuck on the highway
in heavy traffic, wrapped in internal debate
in heavy traffic, wrapped in internal debate
and making my slow way toward Greenwich
Street. I may be impossibly late.
Street. I may be impossibly late.
