By Rima Yrtneg

I was sitting 

On the bus

But it was not crowded

It was not a crowded bus

And that was weird

It's always crowded

On the bus

It was always

Crowded

There is always people

But I am alone in the bus

Just me and the bus

Driver

Who is staring out the rearview

And there is silence

The dead silence fills the bus

And the bus driver 

Really just says

Where ya goin? 

But the thing is

I’m not really sure where I was going. 

Sometimes I just

Get on the bus 

Because I’m bored

And I need to have a sense I’m going somewhere

But I feel like I should explore

I’m not really sure what I was doing 

On the bus this time around

But I think

I was trying to go somewhere

And then I saw 

Someone walk

Onto the bus

A woman

Tall

Dark haired

Reddish eyes

Probably drunk

And she sat next to me

Hello son, she said.