Green Light Poem by Paul Reed

Why do people take so long
To move away from a green light?
Are they watching a re-make of King Kong
Or last weekend's ‘Big Fight'?

Is there something distracting
On their dashboard or console?
Is some task so exacting
That they forget their immediate goal

Which is to move forward quickly
To help the traffic flow
To get those wheels turning slickly
To help them get where they want to go;

The consequence of their inaction
Is that they hold up the whole queue
If they moved faster by just a fraction
If they only had a clue

Of the disruption they are causing
To others more awake and respondent
By their semi-conscious pausing
You make the alert despondent;

So, please, slow movers-away
This is what my moan is about
More reactivity please display
And get your finger out!