Tanka found on freeway

 

The green light flashes

And the laughing passenger

Shouting from sleek glass

Has gas no match for my ass!

The car causes a mass-crash!


Author's Notes/Comments: 

A cyclist's perspective-

I'm pissin' like a chimp

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patriciajj's picture

You wrapped up some instant

You wrapped up some instant karma in this startling tanka. I can't imagine what that must have been like, but leave it to a great poet like yourself to turn it into art. Intense stuff. 

humanfruit's picture

By the fates ordained

Haha you don't have to, cuz it never happened; however, on karma, with the way words tend to manipulate reality, now I suspect might.


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redbrick's picture

An onroad pile up is only

An onroad pile up is only ever spectacular to experience in a cinematic milieu. It is quite a different story as a real time participant! I've been in both and now experience it in poetry. Shall we call this a full circle on this topic?


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humanfruit's picture

Ambiguous dissonance

Ouch, my experience with such starts with this


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