Changing Tires – Brecht Poem

I sit on the shoulder of the road.
The driver is changing the tires.
I don’t like it where I come from.
I don’t like it where I’m going.
Why do I watch the changing of tires with impatience?

From the essay – AN UNPLEASANT CHARMER in:
The Sheep From the Goats
John Simon
(Translation was Simon’s)

The essay was a review of:
Brecht: A Biography
Ronald Hayman