In This Heavy Traffic - Charles Simic

Larry Robinson Lrobpoet at sonic.net
Fri Apr 29 06:21:15 PDT 2022


In This Heavy Traffic

What if I were to ditch my car 
And walk away without a glance back? 
While drivers honk their horns 
As I stroll into the nearby woods, 

Determined, once and for all, 
To swap this breed of raving lunatics 
For a more benign kind who dwell 
Long-haired and naked close to nature. 

I’ll let the sun in the sky be my guide 
As I roam the countryside, stopping 
To chat with a porcupine or a butterfly, 
While subsisting on edible plants I find, 

Glad to share my meal with a moose, 
Or find a bear licking my face 
As I wake from a nap wondering, Where am I? 
Stuck in the traffic, you damn fool!

	- Charles Simic




More information about the PoetryLovers mailing list