childhood bus route
bus driver smiles! ”hi! how are you?” you zoom off, plenty of space for your thoughts and your bags. on the street, a group of kids walk by with fluorescent green weed hats. construction everywhere, the street hardly resembles the one you knew so well. so many vape shops. i think they could all hand out vapes to everyone on the street and still have plenty to spare.
everyone’s faces have turned pink in the dollar store poster. the pizza place turned into a boba place turned into a… seafood house??? you longingly look towards the plaza where your favorite kebab place closed, over a decade ago now.
it’s a sunny day and really quite a nice day to take the bus. the driver is really stepping on it, the ride feels much shorter than it used to when you were more impatient. the red lights still feel hours long, not that much has changed, after all.