Eccentric Flower:199806/in a car rain
From Eccentric Flower
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thirteen june ninety eight six p m in a car (rain) I am not moving. I am sitting in the rain and not moving. Again. I am trying to get from a shopping mall, where I have purchased a lovely knit dress and some shoes which actually fit well, to the house of some friends. This drive should take a half an hour. So far we are up to forty-five minutes and I haven't even reached the highway yet. I am on the onramp for the highway. Someone else stopped on the onramp has gotten out of the car and is waving his arms at the rest of us to back up. We all slowly back up onto Massachusetts Avenue. Every other traffic light is not working; manhole covers have all become impromptu fountains. Whole streets are submerged. It takes an hour and forty-five minutes to complete my trip. Later, on the way back, roads are still barred. Houses are pumping out their basements onto the streets, water and sewage pouring out across the road. Seven and a half inches of rainfall this weekend. © columbine |
