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brown cracked desert skin

pulled tight across high cheekbones

mouth stretched into a wide grin

teeth shining

eyes bright but not smiling

 

she drove the amber bus down the road i ride on

to and from work everyday

i passed her in the morning

she carried children and parents of children

brothers

sisters

orphans and

the old and forgotten

with no one

 

i did not want to know where

in that bus

they were going

but i knew

someday

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