sunrise
i drove to work in darkness today, hoping for a sunrise and an easy commute.

as i sat in my car weighing the benefits of replacing my toothpaste breath with the latte, i resented being sheathed in fog and traffic. i would usually revel in this being an abstract sunrise - the reflections and refractions of tail-lights bouncing amongst the millions of water droplets, rendering the air a pale and cold orange - but instead, i shook myself out of it and inhaled a sip of dry, bitter, milky coffee.