Monday, November 23, 2020

the long ride to the city

on the bus to new york
a kid

is crying. he won't stop
crying.

his mother
has her ear phones on

tapping her foot
and mouthing the words

to a song that only
she can

hear.
the kid has his gooey
fingers on the window.

drawing patterns on 
the glass with his face
in abstract smears.

he looks back with a demonic
smile,

then throws
a pickle at me from
the hamburger

he has in his hand.

he's
red faced, tear stained.
his blue

eyes dark as the devil's.
it's going to be a long
long ride

into the city.

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