This morning,
along Rockliffe Parkway,
everyone drives the speed limit.
The red pickup truck,
the blue Hyundai,
the silver minivan,
the black Mercedes.
A law-abiding community.
Even the police cruiser
– at the head of the pack –
isn’t speeding.
(Editor’s note: poet Shai Ben-Shalom, an Israeli-born biologist, examines current events in the Blacklock’s tradition each and every Sunday)
