life is a risk

“Risk means 'shit happens' or 'good luck”
~Toba Beta~
 
 
she wanders long highways
passing green pastures
filled with cows and horses
small cities pop up randomly
no matter where you go
it is all the same
stores, fast food
faces change,
landscapes, horizons,
 
she finds herself in traffic jams
that waste so much time
but then she is no hurry
to get anywhere
no one is waiting for her at home
 
she passes million dollar homes
on the coast
and wonders how it is possible
for so many to have this luxury
turn a few corners
and there are homeless
people crouched in doorways
all their possessions piled around them
you don't have to travel far
anymore to see first hand
the American Dream no longer
exists for far too many
 
ramps curving onto more highways
everyone is traveling 80 miles an hour
she is in the fast lane
when all she sees is a river of break lights
everyone coming to a screeching halt
she glances in her rear view
and watches a BMW sliding to a stop  
ending up next to her on the driver side
he looks over at her
rubs his face and shakes
his head
Mother Fucker almost just made
her day ....