one man so incandescent with rage
he abandoned his car in the middle of Main
so he could scream and gesture rudely
at the woman behind who offended somehow
she returned his shouts with harsh words of her own
more prudently through an open car window
back and forth the insults ever louder, the voices more furious
until a town employee intervened to enable traffic’s flow
and perhaps prevent them coming to blows
there, surrounded by ornamented greenery and glittering bells
celebrating peace and goodwill towards all
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