Abandon

 

For someone who sometimes

waits for a stop sign. to turn. green.

This was just too much. Don’t turn 
left. Don’t turn right. Can't go straight.

I already had six points on my license

so there was only one thing to do.

I abandoned my car. and my keys.

and walked.

I then started dropping everything that started with a “w."

It wasn’t littering I don’t think. 

I put things where others could find them and in alphabetical order.

Far more predictable than the periodic table.

Wallet. Walkman. Watch.

Wave-particle duality workbook.

Woolly mammoth sports jacket.   

And that was that.

I kept my wants, my wunderwear, and my woks and woos.

The streetlights got further and further apart.

After awhile it turned cold and dark

and I found a path that led across a rock wall.   

I clambered my best clamber and saw the tracks. 

The train tracks dressed as a ladder.

A ladder girded by angels. 

Angels dressed as bridges.

I’m not coming back.