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or bypasses that are supposed to
make the trip so much quicker,
and someone in the backseat
has to pee, but getting off the highway now would mean navigating the heavy
traffic and confusing signals and yellow lines and the
DO NOT ENTER
sign that is suddenly present right where you just turned and
amongst all the angry impatient honking
it is time to maybe pull off to the side of the road,
take a breather,
watch a crippled pigeon
pecking at the fast food trash
that someone has thrown out their window,
who decidedly had nowhere else to put it,
who is giving their bald veiny cheeked
boss a ride to work today,