Promptly Poetry

Night Cruiser

Night Cruiser

Grundlebletch von Hoogenspit,
while driving his Trollmobile one night,
got lost in the wilds of Louisiana
and finding a road expressly for trolls,
he took it and was hurtling along,
as trolls are wont to do in the dark,
having, at one time or another
lived underground in caves,
when he came across a building
stretched clear across the road.
Without time to stop or throw out the anchor,
Grundle ploughed head on into the wall,
causing the edifice to collapse,
slowly and piece by piece along its length,
while, battered and bent, the Trollmobile
barely survived, though Grundle wasn’t
hurt and was able to hear the angry words
of a uniformed man who hurried up
panting and blowing the following words,
“Did you not read the sign? This is a toll road!”
“A toll road?” quoth Grundle, “My deepest
apologies. I thought it said Troll Road!”


Line Count: 22
Free Verse
For Promptly Poetry, Week 16
Prompt: Street Signs. Ponder on these street signs, then select one and write a poem inspired by it: Do Not Enter, No Parking, Toll Road, One Way, Speed Limit, Work Area Ahead, Maple Street, SLOW, STOP, WRONG WAY, EXIT, No Passing Zone.