The call came from the highway department that day

The three lanes of the road was blocked no drive way

Some construction incident with only one way out

There was panic and tears and made traffic shout

Half of the island left work early to avoid the rush

I left my job at 4 pm and had to wait no huge bus

We sat in our cars and the wait began as time flew

The cars just didn’t move as batteries juice blew

The men in blue gave out tickets to those on their phone

They were just trying to tell loved ones they would be alone

I just sat there in my Toyota truck reading a tattered book

I was so tired and finally got home at midnight without a look