seat yourself

  

you wake up

at the wheel of a car
and you are driving
down the highway
with the radio blaring
the heat on high

and you

wondering where

you are going

you take the next exit
find a truck stop

park in a parking space
five times as long

as your car

and walk inside

you seat yourself
at a table

in a corner

and a waitress
comes to you

and you almost tell
her about how

you woke up in this car
driving down the highway
with the radio blaring

and the heat on high

and you

wondering where

you were going

about how you ended up
in this truck stop

telling your story

to a waitress

she asks what can
she get for you
and you want

to say that all you want
is to know where

you are going

but you settle

for a plate

of ham and eggs