I need a coffee and some eggs;
So – not prepared to use my legs –
I park my pickup right outside
And make the roadway half as wide.
Before I go into the shop
Two friends come by and also stop,
Lean out their windows, have a chat,
And none of us have noticed that
The Chania bus is now in view
Meanwhile a truck is squeezing through
The wrong side of a serried rank
Of scooters parked outside the bank.
It is of course not our concern
That all the cars that want to turn
Are backed up almost out of sight
Both to my left and to my right.
All baking slowly in the sun –
They’ll have to wait until I’ve done
My shopping, since of course I am
Quite unaware there is a jam.
Why should I care at all about
Some frenzied hooting or a shout?
That’s all outside – it’s in the street.
Inside its cool and there I meet
More friends, my frappe slakes my thirst.
I now can go outside but first
I have to search my bag to see
Just where it was I put my key.
Climb in and slowly drive away –
How odd, so many cars today!
