does the placement of it mean the same thing?

Jon Nakapalau

UBER
LYFT

on the windshield -

can one interpret this to mean the most 'uplyfting' journey to your destination; something teasingly transcendent and evocative of Icarus - and the need to acknowledge that one must plan a point of destination based on access and ability?

or is it better to look for -

LYFT
UBER

on the windshield -

can one interpret this as a (somewhat) cryptic Nietzschean message to all; a concept striven for down all the destinations of life we take - against the road of "the eternal return" we must all travel?

then there is -

TAXI

which is painted in bold letters - yet there seems to be fewer and fewer sightings of this once much sighted creature -

ending with one final observation:

"For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse..."

  • Author: Jon Nakapalau (Offline Offline)
  • Published: September 7th, 2019 16:31
  • Comment from author about the poem: Wrote this poem after noticing the placement on different cars. Last line from The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot.
  • Category: Reflection
  • Views: 25
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