Stop Sign

I've been standing here

for nearly a year,

and I still watch cars

run through me.

The sign before me

got plowed by a drunk

who dragged him fifty feet

before flipping into a ditch.

I can still see scrape marks

in the pavement,

they look like cocaine lines

of terrifying abuse.

I wonder how many he saw

roll right on by

without a hint of stopping?

I've counted 1,003 so far

and still got half-a-month

before my anniversary.

If I live to see it,

I'm gonna put in a request

for a Yield Sign position

over on Baker Street.