Fred Aiken Writing

i got stuck in the middle of the road,
and couldn't move,
though the light turned,
yet i stayed still
in the middle of the road,
as the cars piled up behind me,
honking, yelling expletives, expectorating
all sorts of vile things,
unchristian things,
unjewish things,
unmuslim things,
unbuddhist things,
perhaps things an atheist might say,
but believe it or not,
i stayed stuck
in the middle of the road
for all to witness and gawk at,
though hopefully someone found pleasure
in my stasis