The Right Of Way

I found myself in a crosswalk

midway through the intersection was when I was struck down

walking

heading out to buy a single cookie because I was certain it would be the appropriate elixir to my writer's block

Cookies are the answer to all the world's troubles

this was literally the thought in my mind as I was hit by an oncoming car

I had so much to say that would be left unsaid

so much to write that would be left unwritten

the pedestrian thoughts of a person heading into the light

But a sweet tooth

and lead in the heels from being half empty

were my demise

And just as I left, I remembered---

I knew how to run