20 oct 2012

i am
hurtling through space
a mile a minute.

not more than
a few feet away to the left
or a few feet away to the right
another is
hurtling through space
a mile a minute.

on a pitch-dark freeway,
without a second thought,
i place my life at the mercy
of this unknown quantity
whom in another context
i wouldn't trust
to mind my purse
while i pee.