Before me, endlessly If that hideous fraud of humanity, Where boredom and open contempt Can be found ******* each other, Spirituality inherent, In the concrete of the parkway— You can see it on their lips A delicacy as they casually quip About the quarrel of concrete and steel Behind roadmaps and getting lost Is a slave to every master’s destiny— It’s obvious in the way they drive So many people feel as though they’ve Lived such fulfilling lives It’s reassuring that no one on this road Is afraid to die We comfort ourselves on Nietzsche’s words But such prayers get drowned out on the freeway In the roar of busy, inward-facing cabs Willing to maim and be maimed Willing to **** and die For a few minutes more, Risking an entire lifetime For a few minutes more In stripmalls and McMansions Along America’s thoroughfares, God closes the window as he deadbolts The door, seeing what we’d give For a few minutes more.