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Bumper to Bumper Traffic

Bumper to Bumper
STOP
And GO
SLOW
Rush and STOP
And GO
CALIFORNIA
                    TRAFFIC

In
Thirty-MINUTES
We have, MOVED
Maybe, a Mile or Three
And
Already, I
FEEL
Dizzy, Stressed
And Traffic
SICK

In this
CALIFORNIA
                    CONGESTED
                                         CROWDED
TRAFFIC
             I do not
FEEL------------HAPPY
        And
             FREE

But what I Feel
Is
Crowded
California
BUMPER--TO--BUMPER
C--O--N--G--E--S--T--E--D
TRAFFIC
Stress--Blues
And
Crowded
MISERY

On this
SIX
LANES
HIGHWAY
I
FEEL
NO---------PEACE
NO---------SERENITY
NO---------RESTFULNESS


Just-----------------------------STRESS

Here on the FREEWAY
Where we are--DRIVING
When I'm LOOKING
All-----------AROUND


I'm
FEELING
So--STRESSED
With---------------UNREST
And I can FEEL
My--HEARTBEAT
With
D-I-S-T-R-E-S-S
POUND and POUND
And
Pound

On this Freeway
NATURE, is no where to be
FOUND

And it leaves me sadly
PROFOUND

In the Big City
I do not want to
BE


In the OutBACK
WILD
Forrest Lands
Is where I feel, my Greatest
Life Living and Loving
PEACEFULNESS
   RESTFULNESS
        WELLNESS
And
SERENITY


By John D JUNGERS
12th of OCTOBER   2018


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Bumper to Bumper Traffic