midnight bus ride

this is real

one hundred dollars gets you a nighttime ride
on a bus through pennsylvania then new York
then ohio. and the people you meet. so nice really.
each one of them you could write a book about.
the girl who used her sweater just
to lean against the glass to sleep. so cute.
the poor little thing was on her way
to somewhere better.
they really all were so cute
all on their way
to someplace better

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Pauline]

I was on a train once, travelling from London to a place up north. Across the isle sat two women and a man opposite. The lady's coffee spilt all over the man sat opposite. They looked down their noses at him and didn't lift a finger to help and he just sat there not saying a word. I threw a packet of kleenex across and he mimed a very grateful thankyou. (His skin was a different colour you see.)
He happened to get at the same stop as me and we had a bit of a chat. Turns out he was high powered business man.
But you're right in what you say, most fok are nice. (Just like me. Aha.)

[Samuel Dickens]

This is just sweet. Not about much, but is important, still. Hopefully, we all are headed some place better. I've not rode a bus in eons, but perhaps I should again.

[barleygirl]

I find this interesting & deeply satisfying -- how most writers are desperately seeking some way to make $100 from their writing, whereas you're advocating spending $100 to become a better writer simply by learning to observe all that there is to observe in this world (((HUGS)))

[LostSage]

its a little strange and magical when you're sitting next to someone for an hour and looking out the window going through some city neither of us know in the middle of the night you become good friends... Syracuse new York.... neither of us knew that place....but we went rolling through there together... its a little special...her name was Lynette and she was headed to Erie Pennsylvania....I was going past there to Cleveland Ohio...after she got off the bus I met a guy who was going to Texas and i said to him wow you got a long way to go and he nodded his head and said yep....crazy world with lots of people going someplace special

[barleygirl]

I rode my bicycle across the USA when I was 32 & the thing that stood out to me is how friendly everyone was & how safe I felt. There really are more good people than bad . . . it's just that the news media serves up what gets the most clicks or views (bad news). Thank you for sharing more about this experience. Please consider writing about it in more detail & posting it. Lots of times I write a poem expressing something in brevity, then I realize I need to also put it to prose . . . just an idea!

[LostSage]

my private email is [email protected] say hello anytime you want

[Caroline B A Maguire]

Ah ..this is better! The tone I mean not the content..your content is always good ..but much more hopeful..and I believe as we keep on keeping on we are all on our way to someplace better.. and we keep on meeting nice people along the way..beautifully observed jeff..thank you Caroline 🙂