Along Texas highways, wildflowers are popping up – giving commuters something interesting to look at when they’re stuck in traffic. That was Typewriter Rodeo’s Kari Anne Roy’s inspiration this week.
WILDFLOWERS
There are not many things fun
About driving in traffic in Texas
Not many things at all.
Until Spring peeks her pretty head over the horizon
And the flat plains, the hills, the prairie,
Fill with colors.
Yellows and reds and blues
And oranges that make you not sure if what you’re seeing is real.
Or some kind of technicolor backdrop to a movie about munchkins.
So many colors.
To make you forget your crazy day
To make you forget your bills and appointments and what to cook for dinner.
Filling your mind with colors, with beauty, with Texas.
So that, this time, when the car honks behind you to get you moving,
You don’t care about the traffic as long as you can glimpse the flowers
Just a little bit longer.
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