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Riding the Greyhound (Sleeping in the Rear Seat – Part 2)
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Riding the Greyhound (Sleeping in the Rear Seat – Part 2) |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas 
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Riding the Greyhound (Sleeping in the Rear Seat – Part 2) Morning awoke me with cramped muscles, a huge urge to tee-tee, utter surprise to find she was real, a desire not to disturb her, or me, but a need to do what had to be done . . . I woke her, told her what was real. She sat up, looked at me, smiled, opened the bathroom door – stepped in – left me, hurting. More ways than one. We shared a sandwich, she had – peanut butter, strawberry preserves, slightly stale bread – sat together on one corner of the rear seat, strangers, having slept together, not lovers, not quite friends, bound by need of company, riding the Greyhound to a destination, somewhere. Somewhere. wesley james beard, jr. (c) february 2004 |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Very interesting! |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
I don't know how you are doing it, but I'm actually missing the old Greyhound here-- "all aboard"? yep, I'm riding on to Part III now. (and the ride is quite lovely) |
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inkedgoddess Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392Ohio |
having slept together, not lovers, not quite friends, bound by need of company, riding the Greyhound to a destination, somewhere. Somewhere. sounds like wishful thinking  us be lovers we’ll marry our fortunes together’ ’I’ve got some real estate here in my bag’ So we bought a pack of cigarettes and mrs. wagner pies And we walked off to look for america ’kathy,’ I said as we boarded a greyhound in pittsburgh ’michigan seems like a dream to me now’ It took me four days to hitchhike from saginaw I’ve gone to look for america |
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