Sunday Poem: “No Rush”

 

This morning,

along Rockliffe Parkway,

everyone drives the speed limit.

 

The red pickup truck,

the blue Hyundai,

the silver minivan,

the black Mercedes.

 

A law-abiding community.

 

Even the police cruiser

– at the head of the pack –

isn’t speeding.

 

(Editor’s note: poet Shai Ben-Shalom, an Israeli-born biologist, examines current events in the Blacklock’s tradition each and every Sunday)

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