At the Intersection of Time and Space

In order

to be

at the restaurant

on time

I have invoked

a time travel mojo

on this taxicab

...

It's working

working

changing

red lights to green lights

removing

tottering doddering

pottering

pedestrians

from the corners

from the avenues

from the earth

...

rolling back

minutes

as the miles and the meter

roll up

...

if

now

.

right now

.

I am only ten minutes late

I am on time

.

for

in New York City

ten minutes

is only

ten minutes

.

twenty minutes

is

late

.

unless

I call the table

to say

I am in a taxi

.

a taxi

a well known

time machine