It’s power, of a kind, to draw
the attention
ACCIDENT EXIT 93 EXPECT DELAYS
of zombied motorists with a
silent,
amber scream
FLOODING HWY 2 ALT RTE CR KK
to warn of jackknives, pileups, sinkholes,
(perhaps) transdimentional hordes
COFFEE ON CAR ROOF FULL DARK ROAST HELP
on southbound I-85.
As the boundaries of traffic form and
fade within
roving, elongated
GLORIOUS DETOUR RTE 17 EXIT 12
search lights
how bleary and half-dozed must seem
DO NOT IGNORE CHECK ENGN LIGHT ASK UNCLE JACK
the line of urgency at 3:27 AM.
How stippled, how cracked.
DID YOU HEAR THAT