The Line from Hell

We are all familiar with the game of waiting.

Waiting in line at the grocery store,

fifth in line outside the ice cream shop.

Waiting for your turn to check out, to grab

the lunch you ordered to go. I thought

it was all the same with the waiting game

then I came across the parent line.

A line like no other line,

A line from Hell.

Parked cars running,

on a track destined forward

rising behind a long narrow snake 

tediously waiting to move.

One person per car sits

on the phone,

reading mail,

staring off

waiting.

Time slowly ticks by

Five minutes

Ten

Finally movement, but…no

Moving along like trained mice

in slow mo.

bumper to bumper crawling

Stop and Go!

a true test of patience

a test to authenticate parents

before the front of the line.

A line where there is an end

coming around the bend

Marked by a child playing

the waiting game….  

River 10/10

* Posted for One Shot Wednesday  week 15
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