Must you make me stare at the phallic pillar?

Is this not the MOST phallic-looking public structure you've ever seen?

It was recently placed at the southwest corner of the intersection at the exit ramp from I-235 to 23rd street in Oklahoma City, just down the street from the state capitol. And it is important to note that the process of placing it there caused quite the ridiculous traffic nightmare.

And now I must stare at it. Every day.

Why? Because it's probably the best of my three most obvious choices. The intersection in question has a terrible traffic-control design, and so only about 7-10 cars make it through the light, and it's 2 minutes before the light turns green again. So, while sitting at this light for usually 6-10 minutes on my way from work to pick up the girls from school, I have three things to look at in my most immediate line of sight... the guy across the street in the Sonic Hot Dog outfit waving people over to I guess take a bite out of him or something, the homeless guy with the sign that says please pay me for standing here (or something to that effect), or, now, the phallic pillar.

I know, it's a tough call. Hot dog, homeless guy, phallic pillar. Hmmm. Well, they all creep me out, but I've determined that the pillar is the one thing that can't chase me down. Plus, I keep trying to figure out what the heck the purpose of this thing is. I mean, can you imagine the look on the homeless guy's face when they placed that structure? Something like "here I am am homeless and cashless and you just blew how many thousands of dollars to put a rock hard phallic thingy on my corner? I could have just taken my pants off for a lot less than that."