driving in the dark
no slow down through the circles
all the lights are green
Sure I drove in Atlanta traffic on a daily basis for years.
I learned to cope.
I did not learn to like it.
I didn’t like traffic then.
I don’t like traffic now.
On the grand scheme, there is not a lot of traffic where I live and work now but there are some odd factors that impact traffic.
One thing is the only one way to work and that way is a bridge.
A four lane – two lanes in either direction – soon to be condemned bridge.
Not that Atlanta had any alternate routes that worked either but they did have lots of lanes.
Another thing is that anyone who needs to be at work in the area where I work, has to be at work at the same time.
Everyone using the same bridge at the same time creates traffic.
Frustrating traffic.
To add to the frustration, there are two traffic circles on my route to work.
So I have been leaving earlier.
Then the time changed.
And leaving early put me in the dark.
But it was okay.
I was the only car in the traffic circle.
When you are the only car and the idea is to slow down and yield to traffic on your left, there was no slow down as there was no traffic.
There are a handful of traffic lights between me and work and most of them are placed by some deviltry to do nothing but annoy me.
But it was okay as all those light were green.
I am not so foolish as to think I have found the trick.
I am not so foolish as to think this could happen again tomorrow.
I am happy for just today and for today, that is enough.
Hope for tomorrow, but for today …
driving in the dark
no slow down through the circles
all the lights are green
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