Poems of the Week

Intractable

by Clyde Always

“CHP Baffled As Same Sinkhole… Claims Three Vehicles—All Because Drivers Ignore Road Closure Signs”
—SFist

Barricade, Schmarricade!
CHP Officers,
vexed as preventable
breakdowns abound,

hyperemphatically
warn against motorists
driving their vehicles
into the ground.