Traffic

Description

Every morning, we enter traffic believing it’s about where we’re going. But it’s not. It’s about who gets to move, who has to wait, and who must decide in the moment whether confidence counts more than caution. Traffic teaches us hierarchy without warning—crowns some of us, humbles others, and leaves the rest staring at a sign that offers no instructions at all. These are not stories about roads or cars. About Traffic.  They are stories about power, patience, and the strange, silent negotiations we make with the world… one light at a time.

Green Light King  |  by J. J. Jonas

A chronically late commuter receives an impossible procession of green lights and interprets it as cosmic selection. In J. J. Jonas’s longer version, traffic luck expands into forgiveness, promises of self-improvement, royal posture, and one man’s complete but temporary spiritual transformation.

Red Light Peasant  |  by J. J. Jonas

Another driver seems condemned to meet every signal at red while cross traffic, pedestrians, cyclists, and even birds move freely. J. J. Jonas turns the intersection into a comic class system in which the humbled commuter waits for permission while imagining a Green Light King crowned elsewhere.

Yield  |  by J. J. Jonas

A yield sign asks neither for a full stop nor unquestioned motion, but judgment in an uncertain moment. J. J. Jonas uses politeness standoffs, hesitation, and reckless confidence to consider how people read a situation, claim their turn, and move ahead without guarantees.

These metaphoric poems about life and traffic will bring you pause. You may even come to a full stop…or at least yield. Humor with a bit of wit and wisdom.