Deonte Osayande

Traffic

The other cars on the road
cut us off, forcing
the awkward silence
associated with the wait
in the cab longer than expected
which prompts the driver
to ask what kind of people
we’d be interested in
buying
if he were selling
and this wasn’t just
“an odd hypothetical”. 

Deonte Osayande is a writer, instructor and former sprinter from Detroit, Michigan.