Regrets

What do you do when
you decide at a late date
it just hasn’t been working out
and miles down the road
you realize it was SOUTH boulevard avenue and
not NORTH street freeway
you were looking for
and you are now wandering in some
unknown and probably dangerous neighborhood
where if the car’s front tires were to explode
nobody would stop to help you and most likely
AAA would refuse to come, but
at some point
you need to decide
whether or not you want to backtrack
to the place where you began
and start out again
this time with a more detailed map
or even the help of the GPS
or just stay home and spend
the rest of your time on earth
puttering around
in your empty rooms like a vacuum cleaner sucking
up the dirt
giving everyone who knows you
the unwanted gift of your too focused
attention
like eavesdroppers in coffee shops
or do you want to create some value
somehow
a rise in your stock’s price
your name in a book
a cure for something dreadful
a good deed or two.

Watch out!
Opportunities
are closing,
doors shutting and
locking
with a click
that isn’t very loud
but is certainly
very final.