madness
on and off and on
the shoplight flickers
like a nervous twitch
at the corner of my eye
the jammed cars creep forward
indicators tick off the seconds
I tap tap tap on the steering wheel
to the thud of the city’s heartbeat
stranded in the afternoon rush
an old man leans over a bin
mutters at the rubbish
his face clenched in anger
getting ready to fight
he takes off his coat
then puts it on again
off again, and then on