Trying by Corey Qureshi
Trying is a chapbook about driving in Philadelphia. Qureshi describes the great lengths one goes to to get to where they’re going and the frequently infuriating and/or inane circumstances—someone reversing toward you on a one-way street, being tailgated, hitting potholes, circling the block a few times before finally having to just double park, someone leaving their high beams on in the opposite lane—undergone along the way. i don’t want to be followed around, forced into an unscripted scene that isnt worth trying so hard to put myself in the way of, i just want where i’m headed to materialize here-- Were it not for traffic, you could get to where you want/need to be (and much faster). However, where you’re headed to can’t just materialize in front of you, you have to get through traffic first. "i need to go the stupid way cause it makes the most sense, parking’s a pain otherwise it’s all otherwise in motion even what’s stopped...