Metro Haiku Time

I had a rather hellish commute this morning, so it's time for some metro haiku!

Two completely full
trains at Vienna, neither
moving - a bad sign.

Emergency track
maintenance is a code word
for a derailment.

Single tracking, sigh.
We sat at Clarendon for
thirty-five minutes.

Making announcements
would probably make riders
somewhat less stressed out.

Arithmetic on
metro - seven minus ten
equals five minutes.

The prose translation is that, apparently, a train had derailed at Courthouse early this morning, leading to track work, leading to single tracking on the Orange Line. Once I finally got to Rosslyn, I waited 15 minutes for the Blue Line, even though the passenger display had started out saying the train would come in 7 minutes. Overall, my commute took about an hour longer than normal.

I Wish I Didn't Have to Write Haiku ...

The commute home was nearly as bad as the morning had been, as they were doing "emergency track work" on the Orange Line and single tracking between East and West Falls Church.

Work will take two hours
is useless information
without the start time.

Train was off-loaded
at West Falls Church. All of us
had to wait and freeze.