The man who didn't have quite enough change sits far away from me He turns around, his back facing me Does he do so because he knows the fear small young women are taught? Does he know that I will not fear him before he, the one who sits there, gives me reason? It is … Continue reading the bus at night
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back door
As the crowded bus came to a stop, a muffled voice called out "Back door!" The older woman's voice barely carried from the rear of the bus to the middle, and it surely didn't make it to the driver's ears. A few other voices from the back echoed hers, but they only made it as … Continue reading back door
on the train
He spent a lot of time on the train. A two-hour commute, each way, five days a week, sometimes six. His insulated lunch pail had three freezer packs in it to keep his sandwich and yogurt cold. He left a two-liter bottle of diet ginger-ale in the refrigerator at work which he poured into a … Continue reading on the train