Poetry A Day Challenge 2: Crossing the Street

 

Welcome to Day 2 of the Poetry A Day Challenge by Robert Lee Brewer, of the wonderful Poetic Asides Blog, at Writer's Digest.

As he explains in his post...

"Today is actually a special day: Two for Tuesday! Pick one prompt or use both…your choice!
Write a worst case poem. What’s the worst that could happen?
Write a best case poem. Take the worst and reverse it!

Remember: As mentioned yesterday, these prompts are just springboards; you have the freedom to jump in any direction you want."

(My Day 1 poem is here)

So...what did I do?

CROSSING THE STREET by Kiril Kundurazieff

He had the green light.
So did left-turning motorists.
He saw the 1st car,
Making its turn in
Too much of a hurry.
Before he could reach
Midway in the crosswalk
He had a choice to make.

To dash out of the way,
Or raise his hands,
Make traffic stop, and loudly give
Everyone within earshot
A piece of his mind?

To piss off motorists
Who never saw him coming, or
probably didn’t give a shit if they did,
Or keep his mouth shut
And haul ass quickly to the curb?
That was it.

He had 25 seconds on the green,
The right-of-way was his.
He had always run before,
But all that did was
Make him feel foolish and look funny.

What's the worst thing that could happen?
He could become yet another statistic.
He decided to raise his hands.
They never saw him coming.

 

NEXT UP: Poetry A Day Challenge 3: Animals and Poetry

Comments

[dianne Mason]

Flicka said: Interesting as told from the pedestrian's point of view, but the outcome? Naturally - you left us in doubt!