SHINY METAL BOXES

Two lights of white,
two lights of white,
two lights of white
forward,
stop,
forward
stop.
Inside the shiny metal boxes
faces echo impatience
radios blare
amplified
hip hop bass drums
rap with me brother
sluggish vein
Two lights of red
two lights of red
two lights of red…
shiny metal boxes
make this serpent
coil in slow motion
we call this a freeway
should call it the slow way
whirlybirds above
but on the street below
four wheels
two lights of white,
two lights of red
undulating columns…
a snail's pace
in shiny metal boxes.