Snargles, Snargling, Snargle

When I’m coming home from the gym in the morning
My intersection of Aloma’s got my bank, my framer, & a Starbucks
They're doing some work around the Bank
so they have Signs up to divert traffic
The one in easiest gander says,

LANE
CLOSED
MERGE
LEFT

but somebody spray-painted a black S before Merge
which at once could look like an official diagram
of the possible Hot Wheels track you may be asked to drive
while quite at the same time say,

LANE
CLOSED
SMERGE
LEFT

Every goddamn morning, I laugh at the stupid thing
rub my eyes & wring the grip out from my hands
and straighten up the way we do when mischief is afoot
eyes a little wider, breathe in the air