the new car

your neighbor
buys a new car
and washes
it every day.
sometimes
he goes out
and sits in
it, looking around
at the knobs
and playing
with the wheel.
i can see him
inhaling, and
exhaling that
new car smell.
i hear his wife
standing
on the step
yelling at him
to come in,
it's time for
dinner, but he
doesn't
move. he's
somewhere
down the highway
in his new
car and thinking
about even
newer things.