making the turn

you have
to make the turn
so you slip
your car into the gap
between the long
line of cars. the man
behind you
flips you off and shakes
his head.
he's angry at being
another twenty feet
away from where
he wants to be.
this is how you start
day, inches from
his bumper, his
red face and hands
gripping the wheel
of his unconscious
life.