The Unsupervised Stop Sign

The Unsupervised Stop Sign 10-26-23 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Unsupervised Stop Sign STOP! Red lights flash crimson warnings As arias of bloodred omens swirl about My heedless headstrong rush past clanging signs Into a deserted briar filled footpath in desertion. SLOW DOWN! Before unattended bowers of simpering weeds Teach my mindless feet of snares and waiting snakes While grieving angelic hosts Sing pathetiques of harbingers. DANGER! Scoffing ignorance of neon auguries, Captured in the throes of blindness, My scorn winks in guarantees like surety bonds That no other pathway breaths with rightness. LOOK! CAUTION! Heralds of merciful premonitions skirr, Lay in tatters of disdain - pride traded for prudence I swat at qualms and question like skeletons of leaves Only to be swallowed into an abyss of remorse and contrition.