If you decide…

The hitchhiker
heading south on 3
towards Woodstock
represents, to my mind now,
a sort of Choose Your Own Adventure

If you decide to keep driving, turn to page six
If you decide to pick him up, turn to page nine

If you decide to keep driving…The End or maybe
If you decide to pick him up…The End

If you decide to throw caution to the wind, page nine
If you decide to roll the dice, let fate decide, let freakin’ Jesus take the wheel

go to page nine

If you roll down the window
If you ask him: Where are you going?
If you let him in…

If he smiles angelically
If he pulls out a gun
If he asks where you’re going
                  Where the fuck are you going?

go to page nine

At least you get to see what comes next
you will know where you are going

page nine
                  or page six

Does it matter anymore?

If you keep driving
If you get in an accident
If you stop for lunch
If you pick him up

If it turns out he knew your high school boyfriend in a past life*
                  *true story

If you run over him
If you drive off a bridge
If you kill him
If he kills you
If you fall in love
If you write a poem…

If you decide to keep driving, turn to page six
If you decide to pick him up, turn to page nine