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95, 495, 66
What thoroughfare shall I take?
Makes no difference…for most are clogged.
Deer graze on the grass at the side of the road,
Not a care in the world.
Your eyes meet as the buck darts into the road,
frozen…staring as if unsure what to do.
Cars are stopped anyway, It is rush hour.
SUV’s, luxury cars and old hoopties
travel side by side, moving…
and then stopped.
Move an inch, stop.
Listening to an audio book on tape,
passing the minutes until your exit appears.
Minutes that turn into hours.
When did rush hour turn into rush 24 hours?
Your exit comes up and you thank God
You don’t live in LA or New York…
Where you would probably still be sitting in traffic.
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