Traffic

The shiny multicoloured caterpillar
stopped and started
its segmented way
over the cement bridge
while rain lubricated
the pavement under
the rubber bristles
to facilitate
the forward slide.
In an important gesture
to leopardize its movement
and speed across
the savannah streets
it looped and humped
its back
in featureless frustration
one continuous metallic
catta pilosa.