love note

love is in the air
screamed the crackling voice
on the radio.
what she saw
through the haze of a swooshing wiper
was a veritable swarm of cars
frozen in a directionless chaos
and as the woman crooned
about monsoon’s first love
set to tune by revered geniuses
she drowned out
the screeching hopelessness
of a stranded ambulance
whose designated role now
was a strobe light
color coordinated
with that idea of love we cling to.