There in time?
Call came in
Waterloo north dispatch
Pickup flipped over
In some fashion.
We'll have to see.
Freeway underpass
South of Conestogo Mall.
Arrived to see
Young woman
Peeking in driver window
Trying to provide
Assurances
To one only
Half awake.
We removed her thanks
Charlie crawled in
As far as he could.
Five minutes passed
In deepest suspense.
Driver was gone.
Dead.
I was at the side
Trying to counsel
That young girl.
If she had been
Thirty seconds earlier
At point of impact
Truck fall off the bridge.
Crushing her.
Wow.
Some days on this job!
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Written on April 23, 2024
Submitted by dougb.72572 on April 23, 2024
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 547 |
Words | 111 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 10, 14 |
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