crazy american polarity

i just met the guy who designed
the giant straps
that hold the walk / don't walk signs
on the poles
at intersections
sturdy stainless steel straps
hold the walk / don't walk signs

the guy is a transplanted swede, come up the oklahoma way
between sagebrush, coyotes, crazy americans
between the horizon, smoke signals and a wheel of gouda
where there were no walk / don't walk signs

he was very proud of the design
he said he never talked to himself about it
but he silently installed one in his office
by the drafting table where he worked
when it said to walk
he walked over and talked to the pole
and when it said don't walk
he sat down and talked to the strap
he never talked to himself about it
ever heard of those walk / don't walk signs
falling and crushing anyone?

perhaps we crazy americans
could use a little more
sweetish polarity

 

by the polarboys