Traffic Jam

Sitting here in rush hour I moan and sigh Horn’s honk, engine’s rev, a Monday to miss Birds whooshing overhead as time ticks by When from below I hear a squealing hiss The tire! Is murphy's law to blame for this?! I hop out to check and PLOP! That damn bird! I pop the hood to a clang, clunk and creak Was that the beep from the engine I heard? I grumble and groan, I just want to shriek! As cars whiz by, what a start to the week.... I start to tinker around when VvvROOM, SPLASH! Surrounded by traffic rumbling past One zooms through a puddle, my suit is trash Coolant sprays up in my face with a blast First day at the new job might be my last… July 6, 2022 Onomatopoeia Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Emile Pinet