Thursday, June 18, 2020

Drive Time Anonymity


As you get into your car today

and shield yourself in the steal

mobility of anonymity, as you


turn the key, guide the shifter

into drive, as you look both

ways at the end of the driveway,


as you take a deep breath and

step on the gas to make your

way through the city streets


and onto the Interstate, music

and news playing on the radio,

realize there are folks who


don’t drive through the hustle

bustle of rush hour speeding

toward work, appointment


and play, folks who shall

remain home bound in their

own personal anonymity,


folks like me whose face

will hopefully never again

be speeding past you to


cut you off and piss you off

to ruin your day. Call in sick

and avoid the uncivilized

malaise, the crisscrossed

confusion, the mental con-

tusion which on any given


day is bound to happen. I

shall be thinking of you,

the faceless and forewarned.


                -30-

Chris Hanch 6-18-2020




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