white ines and asphalt in car park
I spend a lot of time in parking lots
not avoiding
but really most likely
avoiding
I spend a lot of time
in empty lots
early in the morning
save for the sad few that
park and sit and wait
wait for clarity
wait for decision
wait for answers
vast empty spaces
have no answers
bulldozed and covered in an layer of asphalt
they only offer a place to sit
a place to wait
a place for nothing
a place to observe the emptiness
even when they’re full
sitting with the sad few
we park on opposite ends
avoid eye contact
avoid each other
avoid acknowledging that we’ve gathered
separately
together
to be sad
Empty parking lots and pedestrian cross walks are kissing cousins. Many folks believe that the outlined boundaries they offer the public are somehow concrete and inviolate. I guess that’s why people park too close to one another and believe other pedestrians will grant them a hassle free path across crowded streets. They are illusions of anonymity and delusions of an assumed civility.
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Indeed.
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