Is this existential dread or just...Tuesday?

• Intro: Come on Eileen, Save Ferris, Epic (1997)
• Poem: In Memoriam, Leo Dangel
• Music: Ooh La La, Goldfrapp, Mute, a BMG Company (2005)

We're all just one poorly-timed intersection from being late.

• Intro: Come on Eileen, Save Ferris, Epic (1997)
• Poem: Cabbage, Charles Simic
• Music: Hollywood Swinging, Kool & The Gang, Island Mercury (1973)

Get in, losers, we're getting donuts.

• Intro: About Damn Time, Lizzo, Nice Life/Atlantic (2022)
• Poem: From time to time, Matsuo Basho
• Music: Ice Cream, New Young Pony Club, Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. (2007)

What's the deal with commuting, am I right?

• Intro: About Damn Time, Lizzo, Nice Life/Atlantic (2022)
• Poem: A Prayer for Future Us, Harriet Solinas
• Music: Sun of a Gun, Oh Land, Epic (2011)

Day-old coffee is still coffee.

• Intro: About Damn Time, Lizzo, Nice Life/Atlantic (2022)
• Poem: My Mother Asks How I'm Doing with Just Whiskey and Cats, Joyce Sullivan
• Music: Chains of Love, Erasure, Rhino/Warner Records (1988)

The door's not child-locked, it just...won't open.

1. Intro: About Damn Time, Lizzo, Nice Life/Atlantic (2022)
2. Poem: Love comes quietly, Robert Creeley
3. Music: Bear with Me, Propaganda;Marz Ferrer, Fair Trade/Columbia (2017)

Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts will take you past the QuikTrip.

1. Intro: About Damn Time, Lizzo, Nice Life/Atlantic (2022)
2. Poem: Watching the last boat, Linda Gregg
3. Music: Bend & Break, Keane, UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) (2004)

Two dozen glazed and nobody to share them with. Just me and this exit ramp.

• Intro: Funky Times 1.0, Funky Times, K-Mountain Productions (2021)
• Poem: To Kiss a Forehead Is to Erase Worry, Marina Tsvetaeva
• Music: Rock Steady - Radio Edit, The Whispers, UNIDISC MUSIC INC. (1987)

Close your eyes. Now open them. That's the closest I get to ASMR while driving.

• Intro: Funky Times 1.0, Funky Times, K-Mountain Productions (2021)
• Poem: Those Winter Sundays, Robert Hayden
• Music: Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing, Incognito, UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) (1992)

Bitter gas station coffee pairs well with exhaust.

1. Intro: Funky Times 1.0, Funky Times, K-Mountain Productions (2021)
2. Poem: Road Warrior, Eileen Myles
3. Music: Don't Wait Too Long, Madeleine Peyroux, Rounder Records (2004)