Early Evening Rush Hour
you’re driving home alone those thunderclouds turn green it’ll be dark before it’s time no rainbow dulls ahead the thunderclouds turn green your boss’s touch is light no rainbow dulls ahead he must admire your work you boss’s touch is light he said he likes your eye he must admire your work traffic’s more stop than go he said he likes your eye the news reports additional deaths traffic’s more stop than go peace talks have broken down the news reports additional deaths you won’t call home tonight peace talks have broken down your mother tends to pry you won’t call home tonight your dad complains he’s tired your mother tends to pry the drive-thru line is long your dad complains he’s tired it’s dark before it’s time the drive-thru line is long you’re driving home alone Jack Kristiansen Jack Kristiansen exists in the composition books and computer files of William Aarnes. Kristiansen’s poems have appeared in such places as FIELD, Tipton Poetry Journal, The Literary Review, Stone’s Throw Magazine, and Sunsets and Silencers, Main Street Rag.
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June 2025
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