the agglutination of cars at 5:36 pm

near a major intersection

in this major metropolitan area

as i watch them out the east window

of a burger king

makes me wonder why i am car shopping

.

a split second later i have answers aplenty

public transportation waxes unreliable

and feels more dangerous

and i spent more than two grand renting

last year alone

and walking at night is more dangerous too

and i’d get more dates as a man with a car

(maybe)

.

now it’s 5:58 and more duskish

the westbound drivers must be squinty

i can see one doing the visorgap slouch

and a big truck just did a jerk-to-a-stop

.

and at $5K down

$300/mo for 60 months

and god knows how much

to insure this septuagenarian

a car is looking more and more

like an unaffordable luxury

.

but i think as the dusk deepens

about sliding into that driver’s seat anytime

destination anywhere

what

a

rush