Underground eXperts United File 486

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· 5 years ago

  

 
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                         Underground eXperts United 

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         [  Riding The 5:15  ]                      [  By BJ Moore  ] 

 
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Riding the 5:15      by BJ Moore 

Riding the 5:15 with my sister 
we sit in the upper deck 
feet on the rail 
Helen pulls two beers 
from her cavernous bag 
and stations slip by as we laugh 

Harried commuter in stern grey suit 
envies us our beers 
cool & refreshing 
symbols of happy times 

Fireman freshly scrubbed 
with his suit & protective boots in hand 
eyes greedily our breasts 
swaying with the train 
and a fire of his own begins to stir. 

While its our laughter & companionship 
that the homeless woman strains to hear. 
Her eyes squeezed tight to better see 
herself with friends of old. 

Old man, behind his paper 
remembers his own youth 
and ventures on this train 
the ride then - not this limbo 
but a small adventure like ours 
not a lulling, rocking sense-dulling lapse 
but a chance to laugh & share 
viewing the world anew 

And we unaware 
how,  with our old boots up on the rail 
sharing a ten ride pass 
& cheap beers from a bag 
talking gaily of sites we'll see 
Have affected this car of traveler's on the train. 

(c) 1998 All Rights Reserved 

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