"I Know a Man" - Robert Creeley

I don't feel this poem has one significant moment. However, the poem as a whole is significant because of the way it is written. I find it ironic that he titled the poem, "I Know a Man," yet he doesn't even state his "friend's" name. This poem is unique because there seem to be two different things happening at once. First, you have the man speaking to "John," about something that is really out of their control at the moment (buying a car). Then, you have the passenger who essentially snaps the driver back to the present and tells him to focus on the road before they crash. Perhaps this means that the driver is living in a surreal world, while the passenger is a dull individual who lives life as it comes to him.

I do agree with Kathy about the nervous wreck part, and wonder what makes him keep talking all the time. Is it perhaps because if he always talks, he never has to face or answer a tough question? And how come he didn't just go ahead and tell us the name of his good friend from the start?