Thursday evening

Got into the bus with a man
who was holding his pants on the side
so that it wouldn’t fall down

Two black women are chatting
soon they will get out together

A Chinese woman is talking to an old Latino man
as if, and probably so, they keep meeting in the same bus
discussing life’s ups and downs

Life has opened a window for you
To watch it from a safe distance
Wanting to disown yet to belong