Long story short: we all survived.

I was in the right lane
which soon enough
was going to have an opportunity to exit
that I didn’t need
and soon after that
was going to have cars entering onto the road
that I would want to avoid
and I was involved in an interesting conversation
that I no longer remember

when a car came from my left
– a couple of lanes from my left.
I was aware enough
to swerve out of the way
and not explode into a fireball with this
person
that rushed into my lane
to get off at their all-important exit.

I held it together
to stay on the road
and not follow
the asshole
to ream them
(verbally)
for their driving
because self-control is important
and I’ve gotten into many troublesome altercations this way
and there was a witness in the car
who would have been less impressed with me in that way
and I didn’t think of it.

So I stayed on the road
and my passenger congratulated us both
on not dying at all
and I breathed a sigh of relief
and kept on keeping on
and was promptly rewarded
with stultifying traffic
for the next mile or so.

Is this my god now?