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10-Road Construction

Road Construction

I was driving in the right lane,

but in reality, I was in the wrong lane,

unless I wanted to wait where I was for days

as they worked on repairing the lane I was in,

but my car wasn’t stockpiled with food and water

to wait it out until the construction was completed.

Instead, I switched on my turn signal,

where another driver graciously let me

over to the other lane so I could

proceed with my journey,

only to find a little while later, in different section of the city,

this time driving in the left lane,

where once again, I was in the wrong lane.

It was one of those days when it didn’t seem

I could make a correct decision, with my car

seemingly wanting to follow the lanes under construction,

but I there was one good thing about the day, that

I wasn’t required to make any critical decisions,

especially those affecting life and death issues,

or for that matter, even where I wanted to go for lunch.

Duane Anderson

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