carpool
originally written 10.31.02

it'd be nice to have a carpool--
someone to keep me company on this lonely drive.
a voice different from the radio,
a voice addressing me...
a voice to sing with...
to harmonize with my lonely solo.
so lonely am i on this
darkened road, only kept awake by
the occasional bump.
driven crazy by the silence
in my vehicle...
the vacancy in
the passenger seat...
i wish not to pick up
a hitch-hiker, but rather
a traveling companion.