Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

Generalizing Traffic

You see a car and you instantly think
She’s young, She’s cute. She’s blonde. She’s perky.
She’s a smiler. She has perfect nails.

Then you catch up.
She is a he.
About eighty.
Struggling to see.

You see a truck and you instantly think
He’s the boss. He has little cowboys. He is rugged.
Then you catch up and she’s a junk yard dog,
The inside looks like the home of a hoarder
She is dropping cigarette ashes out the window.
You are amazed at how wrong you are.

Even traffic
cannot be generalized.

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Kurt Ravidas May 11, 2019 at 4:38 PM I bet I wouldn't) P.S.: In the late 90s, the gorillas wore three stripes Adidas sport shoes. At least, in Moscow subway. It was pretty easy. To pass test in Paris metro was more complicated)

Kurt Ravidas May 11, 2019 at 5:25 AM When I was younger, I used to have fun on subway trying to guess by shoes the appearance of its owner. Cannot be generalized) Caren Krutsinger May 11, 2019 at 8:45 AM I know. It is crazy, but I wear the goofiest loudest most ORANGE neon-shoes imaginable. I know that none of you the poets on here could have guessed that and a pair of gorilla slippers whose eyes light up.

Panagiota Romios May 10, 2019 at 11:20 AM I like this, so true to life Panagiota Caren Krutsinger May 10, 2019 at 7:09 PM I make up stories about my drivers all the way to work and back.