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The traffic grid operates smoothly and seriously Forwards and back, in rows and columns Directions painted in asphalt, and hung from poles The road's instructions are obeyed unflinchingly All these drivers are too serious to do otherwise As they rush off to their serious lives The doctors are serious The lawyers are serious The cleaners are serious The gardeners are serious It seems everyone is serious but me In the park, reading Kerouac against a tree.
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Jul 28, 2010
Jul 28, 2010 at 5:07 PM UTC
On Being Serious
The traffic grid operates smoothly and seriously Forwards and back, in rows and columns Directions painted in asphalt, and hung from poles The road's instructions are obeyed unflinchingly All these drivers are too serious to do otherwise As they rush off to their serious lives The doctors are serious The lawyers are serious The cleaners are serious The gardeners are serious It seems everyone is serious but me In the park, reading Kerouac against a tree.
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Jul 28, 2010
Jul 28, 2010 at 5:07 PM UTC
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