Each morning the motorway’s
prostate enlarges
as Wellington’s vehicular
bladder discharges
straining, slowly, painfully draining
onto Lambton Quay and the CBD.
Sumped in smelly septic tanks
of multi-storeyed concrete banks.
Late afternoon brings tired exodus
exhausting re-run in reverse
and the rain is getting worse.
Windscreen smeary
vision bleary
drivers fidget
tempers fugit.
© Jack Perkins December 2001
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