Early Evening Rush Hour, by Jack Kristiansen

Ancient Sound, Abstract on Black, by Paul Klee (Switzerland), 1925.

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.