Lin Lane Poet Free verse

What's It All About

I often sit at red lights
feeling like a voyeur
peering into car windows
playing a guessing game
who are you 
where are you going
another Alfie in the world
What's it all about anyhow
and I wonder

Sometimes a driver catches my eye
but quickly looks away
pretending our eyes didn't meet
there's a law against getting personal
with those tethered to a smart phone
horns blow with impatience
ending my reverie
but I wonder

What do the Alfies seek
as they rush from place to place
worried faces without names
moving pieces on a board game
driving SUVs to and fro
which way should I go
and I wonder

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Jennifer Proxenos August 13, 2023 at 3:28 AM Funny you should mention the cars and its occupants, everybody a different destination in mind. I always look at them as ants millions and millions of ants world wide and it is said theyare clever and can group. I have written two poems ablut ants the second one is about the revenge of the ants! Hugs and blessings Jennifer Lin Lane August 13, 2023 at 3:40 AM I will have to find your ant poem. Our minds are funny creatures themselves to ponder such things. Thanks Jennifer.

Jennifer Proxenos August 13, 2023 at 3:27 AM Funny you should mention the cars and its occupants, everybody a different destination in mind. I always look at them as ants millions and millions of ants world wide and it is said they are cl ver wnd can group. I have written two loems ablut ants the s cond one is a he revenge of the ants! Hugs and blessings Jennifer 4

Eve Roper May 27, 2017 at 4:55 PM I love to do this though at a restaurant~*

Glen Schwartz May 27, 2017 at 4:02 PM Nice write , I do the same thing :)

Eye Truth-Teller May 27, 2017 at 1:54 PM great poet Lin Lane May 27, 2017 at 3:38 PM Thank you, Eye.

Jan Allison May 27, 2017 at 1:48 PM Our roads are relatively quiet so I cannot say I have the opportunity to people watch when I'm driving - but IF I saw someone tethered to their phoned I'd be tempted to shop them as it's illegal over here and many more accidents now seem to be linked to folks being distracted whilst they are I've got what's it all about Alfie buzzing in my brain Lin lol:-) hugs Jan xx Lin Lane May 27, 2017 at 3:38 PM and the words of that song are the fulcrum point of my write. I've been singing it too, Jan. Let's listen to something else.

Tim Smith May 27, 2017 at 12:06 PM We wonder, what are you staring at? Do we have food on our chin? Did I do something wrong?, or oh crap she saw me itching my nose(wink)....lol Lin Lane May 27, 2017 at 3:36 PM I would wonder those things if someone stared at me, but when I'm doing the staring and wondering, it's deeper thoughts. I envision people as ants, coming and going in busy work in a complicated world.