Red.
A sedan sits still in traffic,
Engine still running, radio playing
The AC is on, but it doesn’t work very well.
The driver inches forward, though the light hasn’t changed.
A horn beeps, a man yells and the cars start moving forward.
Yellow, an engine roars.
Red.
A sedan sits still in traffic.
Weary on a long journey.
The hot, stale air and the sputtering of an old engine.
Waiting for progress.
Green.
A truck goes, then a van,
then a motorcycle, and then a sedan.
The sedan slows, onto the next set.
Pedestrians cross, like the ocean encompassing a shell with rising tides.
Green.
The ants keep coming.
Yellow.
No turns to be had
They stop.
The sedan floors it.
Red.
T-boned by a semi
Red.
Everything red.
A sedan sits still in traffic.
Red.
Engine still running, radio playing
Red.
The AC is on, but doesn’t work.
The driver inches out, clinging to useless life.
Red.
A horn beeps, a man yells and the cars start moving forward.
Red.
Red.
Black.
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