went to the Auto Club today
to plan a trip
they checked my membership
said
No travel for you!
says here
you’re bleak minded
that category
of people
never satisfied
with anything
always looking
on the dark side
if you went anywhere
you wouldn’t like it
you’d complain
we have complaints
go home
you don’t deserve
to go anywhere
it’s all in your head

so I went to the doctor
to get a new brain
so I could travel
doctor said no
not yet

walked on the street
guy selling tickets
bought one
said ticket to ride
didn’t say where
threw it away

went home
by default
sat in the dark