thrombus

thrombus

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[the] crowd is not company,
and faces ... but a gallery
of pictures, and talk but
a tinkling cymbal ....
                                            ---Bacon
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early morning's incoming traffic
on I-94 snarled, clotted;

and vehicles pressing
at the rear---

like blood pushing hard against
a vexing stubborn mass,

a thrombus,

one that would/could not release
or break up---

contributed mightily
to the blockage