LXXXVI. Near Miss. September 30, 2021

>driving Lyft

>heading down Park Avenue a bit too fast

>I notice that I need to go to Publix

>just as I am passing Publix

>fuck

>in that instant I decide to do a very stupid thing

>I hit the brakes and tack it hard starboard

>just as this lady is pulling out

>fuck

>I stand on the brakes

>every alarm in the whole damn space shuttle honks gibberish at me

>I very nearly broadside the lady

>I very nearly put a Prius engine in her lap

>I stop my car with about an inch to spare

>nothing is damaged

>no one is hurt

>lady is PISSED

>she yells “What the FUCK is your PROBLEM?”

>I yell “I don’t know! Fuck! A lot of things! Fuck! I’m sorry!”

>lady peels out as she leaves

>in front of the Publix stands my passenger

>she saw

>she got in anyway