A Roadmap from Home to Work

Don't you hate the commute to work? People always ask.

But it's not too bad. Not too hard. If you follow this map.

Turn left, and left, and left again to hit the interstate

Where trucks drive soooo slow,

especially when you're running late.

Take the loop on Cornhusker.

Warning: There's construction now,

but if you wave to the workers on the roadside

sometimes they wave back.

You'll drive by McDonald's, Runza, Amigo's, Burger King, KFC, Raising Cane's...

Why am I always hungry???

You'll gain a lane on your right, so try to merge that way.

STOP.

There's a train. Guarantee it.

So sit there and watch cars inch closer and closer to the tracks in front of you,

as if proximity will make the train move faster.

But after this the route gets scenic

with trees and homes with brick and fences.

I wouldn't follow the arrows on 48th

that suggest a used furniture store has been running for 30 years

in the garage behind a yellow house.

Instead drive by Don Bob's Plumbing on your right

and then the house with mannequins in the window.

Yeah, they freak me out too.

On your right a husky might be playing in the snow,

while his Brittany friend watches from the back step.

Soon you'll get to meet the house that loves all holidays

including Thanksgiving with a giant inflatable turkey

as well as the "museum yard" with displays of

motocycles, boats, and ATVs right there on the grass.

Look out for the community center

where bouncy castles on summer days

turn to Trunk or Treat

and Christmas food drives.

You're getting close when you see the football field,

high up on its throne.

Right on Cotner, Left on Huntington.

Bike racks, street parking, and a lone yellow school bus

mark your destination.


(This was just a random thing I was thinking about on my drive to work the other day and thought I'd write it down. Just for fun. Thanks for reading.)