when your therapist gives you that look

turn the key
see a flash
a sputter
and a stop

hear nothing
see nothing
do nothing

seek alternate routes

plans changed
tires flat
learned to use the tire jack

one wrong turn
with wrong speed
sets wheels on glide
drifting from side to side
slide over the edge into the fence along the right side

flipped upside
down
totaled
time to rethink the possibilities

no time
no change
repeated strange
looks from strange

pour fluid
spark a flame
intake
start

forward or reverse