I don't understand
why you think you need to see
my middle finger

#HaikuForShittyDrivers

straight across four lanes
leaving a trail of brake lights
we can't have nice things

#HaikuForShittyDrivers

osprey clutching fish
skims above the bridge and us
you are on your phone

#HaikuForShittyDrivers

what's down in your lap
that's more important than
two tons of metal?

#HaikuForShittyDrivers

bump ba bump ba bump
you must be learning to drive
please tell me that's it

#HaikuForShittyDrivers

your high beams are on
driving into morning sun
knife to a gunfight

#HaikuForShittyDrivers

I'm in a crosswalk
and you're in a pickup
and that's a stop sign

#HaikuForShittyDrivers

the part where you check
your traffic app when it's slow
is what makes it slow

#HaikuForShittyDrivers

spacious vehicle
can I bum a ride when you
crowd me off the road?

#HaikuForShittyDrivers

For about a week in 2016, way back when I was a #motorcycle #commuter, I developed the mental exercise of writing and memorizing a haiku in my head, as I was riding, to memorialize bad drivers I'd encountered. I stopped because I realized I was developing an even worse attitude than usual, but for a week or so, #HaikuForShittyDrivers was a thing in my FB timeline.