If You Break Down While Driving.

If you break down on a road
late at night
there will be no fast-forward button.

So think to yourself
that nights are fast
that many have gone
you don't remember most.

That a night is a unit,
one block of time.
It will go by
As a night shift moves swiftly as you work.

But nothing will keep you busy
as you lie in the back
with the doors locked.

And if you break down on a road
you'll have to spend each minute waiting
for a truck or a friend or passerby
or someone who can put an end to your continuous string of minutes.