The Morning Commute

Some days you drive the commute, and some days the commute drives you. Intro: Take Your Mama, Scissor Sisters, Polydor Records (2004) Poem: I Am Panting, Anna Swir Music: Tee Time, Vulfpeck, Vulf Records (2017)

This morning's traffic jam brought to you by A 4-Way Stop That Should Be a Roundabout! Intro: Take Your Mama, Scissor Sisters, Polydor Records (2004) Poem: You Ask Why I Make My Home in the Mountain Forest, Li Po Music: Small Change, DON WEST, Mandatory Music (2024)

Had trouble scraping this morning. You can be my right eye! Intro: Take Your Mama, Scissor Sisters, Polydor Records (2004) Poem: Yes, That's When, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer Music: Survivor, Destiny's Child, Columbia (2001)

Don't let the snow worry you. I learned how to drive in Iowa. Intro: Take Your Mama, Scissor Sisters, Polydor Records (2004) Poem: As if from the End Times, John Burnside Music: Believe, Cher, Warner Records (1998)

Birds! I hear birds this morning! Intro: Run-Around, Blues Traveler, A&M (1994) Poem: The Jewel, James Wright Music: Hey Mr. D.J., Zhané, Motown (1994)

You know, I spilled a yogurt smoothie in here two days ago. Can't smell anything, can you? Intro: Run-Around, Blues Traveler, A&M (1994) Poem: Rites of Passage, Audre Lorde Music: Alberto Balsalm, Will Van Horn, Crystal Beach (2018)

Sometimes it's nice to drive in companionable silence. Intro: Run-Around, Blues Traveler, A&M (1994) Poem: Ode to Friendship, Noor Hindi Music: To Be, Shubh Saran, Shubh Saran (2024)

Get in, losers, we're going commuting! Intro: Run-Around, Blues Traveler, A&M (1994) Poem: It Is March, Victoria Chang Music: Salvation, The Cranberries, Island Records (1996)

Mondays are always better together. With coffee. Intro: Run-Around, Blues Traveler, A&M (1994) Poem: A Poem Is a Place, Isabelle Correa Music: Everything, Gotts Street Park;Rosie Lowe, Blue Flowers Music (2020)

These floormats have really retained their value. Intro: Happy Up Here, Röyksopp (2009) Poem: Fulcrum, JS Gilbert Music: Mystery, Allen Stone & PJ Morton (2024)

Drive like no one's watching. Intro: Happy Up Here, Röyksopp (2009) Poem: Conspicuously Reading Nikki Giovanni in a Coffee Shop, JS Gilbert Music: Daft Punk Is Playing at My House, LCD Soundsystem (2005)

If I wanted directions I'd unmute Google. Intro: Happy Up Here, Röyksopp (2009) Poem: Stalker, JS Gilbert Music: If You Want Me to Stay, S.L.Y. and the Family Stone (1970)

There are emergency donuts in the trunk. Intro: Happy Up Here , Röyksopp (2009) Poem: But What Do You Bring to the Table , JS Gilbert Music: How Long Do I Have to Wait for You? , Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings (2005)

It's not empty: it's 'E' for 'ehh just a little further'. Intro: Happy Up Here, Röyksopp (2009) Poem: She Forgot the Grits, JS Gilbert Song: This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody), Talking Heads, 1983

Hey, that's my Aldi quarter! Intro: Lose Yourself to Dance (feat. Pharrell Williams), Daft Punk (2013) Dream Deferred , Langston Hughes Golden , Jill Scott (2004)