the left turn

if you hadn't made
that left
turn, things would be different.
your whole life
would be changed,
be something else
you wouldn't recognize.
the history of
you would be altered.
you wouldn't be sitting here
now, like this,
waiting
for the phone to ring.
waiting for the fog
to lift.
waiting for a letter
in the mail
that never comes. if only
you had turned
the other way, things
would be fine.