driving toward home
and late after work; 
shunting over motorways
like logs upon a river
and we plunge forward, up
against pilings of light.

ahead, hills shine
with breaklights like campfires
or fake gold necklaces 
fallen from an overstuffed box. night falls;
it falls before closing 
and everyone around
goes forward past office hours. african cattle
in a wildlife documentary,

moving together
in heavy herd 
movement, all individual,
eyeing their neighbours for danger,
looking for somewhere
to sleep.