By Carol Smith

B is for the bedlam that will break out down below
If the tunnel springs a leak and we’ve no boat in which to row

E is for the exit that is missing from this route
To let empty shoppers into town and all the full ones out

R is for a roadway that can never be enlarged
For a tunnel only grows in its capacity to charge

T is for the toll we’ll pay for being stuck inside
When once a splendid mountain view, came free with every ride

H is for the hindsight that our leaders will ignore
Even when the title “Big Mistake” replaces the “Big Bore”

A is for their attitude, that other ways were wrong
Which is the only thing, in Bertha’s hole, that really does belong!