From my Office Window

[Delta40]

So talk, talk I say
and I'll watch rush hour
clog up at the William Street
intersection, till it comes to
another angry standstill.
I'm still listening ok?
but I'm watching too.
The congestion is like a smokers
cough trying to rattle itself free.
The superficial smile on my face
is firmly taped in place.
I hear the traffic of frustration pour
through my headset from
one end of the country to the other
and I can understand
how we're all caught in this toxic moment.
Wheezing, spluttering,
gasping for air.
Inch by inch we crawl our way
through the noxious fumes
of another working day.

[Hawkman]

This is a really good piece, Delta. Nicely captured and eloquently expressed. I love this passage:

"The congestion is like a smokers
cough trying to rattle itself free.
The superficial smile on my face
is firmly taped in place."

Very much enjoyed.

Live and be well - H

[smerdyakov]

Nice little epiphany, Delta. :)
Enjoyed it. Thanks.

[Bar22do]

Very well said, Delta, our dull routine existence... rather terrifying, as I read it. The last three lines make for a masterful ending:

Inch by inch we crawl our way
through the noxious fumes
of another working day.

but all the poem is a pleasure to discover and then to come back to it, wondering about your endless resources to astonish.

Bar

[BookBeauty]

Love it.

This line really hooks,

''The congestion is like a smokers
cough trying to rattle itself free.''

[DieterM]

Going through that motion too, are you? You wonderfully expressed what I was feeling ever since Monday slapped me out of bed... But know what? TGIF, and thank God there are moments of bliss like this one as I'm reading your poem!

[cacian]

Delta this a perfect piece and speaks volume about the state of our cities and towns.
You simply have the knack for words.
I enjoy your poetry very much!

[Delta40]

Thanks everyone. Bar, I'm not sure about endless resources but it's a nice sentiment all the same x

[aliengirl]

Perhaps I missed this one Delta but am glad I saw it today. Just like Bar I wonder whether there is any thing under the sun about which you can't write in your own deltasque style. How dextrously you express what all of us have experienced almost daily! The last three lines are the crowning glory of this masterly piece.

[Delta40]

Thanks Aliengirl.

[Jerrybaldy]

Perfect title and a perfect little poem. No idea how you do it day in day out.