VIB

I am 55 working nights for ACC
As a history Adjunct Professor
And daytimes for TXDOT as
A Transportation planner,
I am standing in the hall
Outside Traffic Analysis
Talking with some folks
About work projects.
One of them is an
Exceptionally
Serious and
Capable
Young
Lady
Who
Strives
To be seen
As a professional
Traffic Analyst who
Is calmly giving her view
Of one solution to a traffic
Problem to a rapt semi-circle
Of fellow employees when she
Suddenly jumps a foot into the air
Wheeling about as if to insure her
Non-contact with anyone while
Digging one hand into her left
Jeans pocket which is hard
Because she is wearing
Skintight pants to help
Emphasize her slender
Body managing to be
Airborne but frantic
When she finally
Extracts from
Her picket a
Vibrating
Cellphone to
The amusement
Of all her fellow workers
Then deliberately continues
Her explanation of traffic
Conditions without her
Missing a beat until
Someone asks her,
“Bad VIB?” which
Elicits laughter
All around
Then it is
Back to
Work.