Work Day Scuffle

Alarm clock ringing
twenty minutes late
clothes scattered about
sleep still in the eyes

Stumbling fumbling
for glasses/balance/time
car keys please
frost on the windshield

Gas is on empty
just 20 more miles
Thirty mph in a Fifty
schoolbus stops ahead

Red lights/stop signs
gas light flashing on dash
speed traps and crosswalks
bad drivers all around

Parking lot/space
flying in the front door
One minute late
"You work here no more!"