When that woman blew her horn at

me, I blew mine

back angrily.

Even though it

was a brief exchange, the effects

still linger. When

will I ever

learn to pause and

breathe, giving myself and others

a reprieve from

spontaneous

combustions such as these?

                                                                 JDG

( This poetic form is longer than a minute because it took some time to bank the fire.)