left turn

with the power line
down
the cops come,
the utility trucks arrive,
detour signs appear.
a crowd
gathers to see
the long thick wire
on the ground.
the truck that hit the pole
steaming
from the hood.
there is nothing to do,
but wait.
people sit on the grass,
their homes
too hot now
to go back in, the power
out.
you should have gone
the other way,
made a left turn
instead of a right.
but life
is like that.