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Starfish
Junior Member
since 1999-07-20
Posts 34
New Zealand

0 posted 1999-07-20 07:08 PM


The bus driver is unsure
if anyone is human today,
I smile, reassure him;
this is the communter world
of silence and uncaught gazes,
everyone who climbs on board
is in another place, detached, alone,
I break the silence
and talk to the person next to me
she transforms from commuter
to human being in under a second,
the conversaation falls into the
rhythm of the bus as it
leaves the city behind;
over the bridge is my town
and as the bus lurches closer
to its final destination
the pace slows
so I have time to notice
the flat bottom clouds.

© Copyright 1999 Starfish - All Rights Reserved
Princess Lily
Member
since 1999-07-13
Posts 149
USA
1 posted 1999-07-30 12:46 PM




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We see only what we want to see~unless perhaps~we believe

*A rose is a rose it withers and dies...so long as you keep it the memories stay alive*


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