Street Art: Too Blue

This time, it must have been the water utility guys, 

marking their lines along the Speedway streets.

A few feet away, traces of a spot where the blue paint 

was spilled marks the intersection.

And this should be imprinted on all 

of our minds by now, and we should make

certain it is the last time it happens.

Street Art

Beauty appears in the oddest places;

from puffy clouds in the sky, to flowers in garden beds,

then to a storm's detritus in cracks in the parking lot.

Both the street pavers and the forces of Mother Nature 

collaborated to create some beautiful abstract art.

The earth has heaved over the winters to make cracks

in the pavement, which are then filled with

chips of yellow paint from the surrounding curbs.

Swashes of slurry seal add contrast to the

nubby surface of the asphalt.

Zig-Zag

While sitting in a corner coffee shop near the Circle, 

I noticed a zig-zag pattern just outside the window. 

The rain-slick street brought out reflections 

from running lights on cars, as well as accentuating 

the dashed pattern of the cross walk markings.

More than a few Zig-Zags have 
been passed over the decades and these 
men remain as excellent as ever.

White Line Here

Solid white line should look like above sample,

as indicated by arrow,

not the sample below, which does not meet

solid line standards.

Future indiscretions with the paint truck

will be regarded with ridicule, assuming driver

always dribbles before he shoots.

Somebody Dribbled ...

For blocks and blocks and blocks

a stream of white paint trailed along the street,

marking the path taken by the truck

that made it. A couple blocks farther on.

the straight cuts made by a concrete

saw contrasted with the strokes

of slurry used to seal the asphalt 

pavement a couple seasons earlier.