there are the dead /
over there, shifting around the bus shelter /
their schedule keeps getting struck /
our vehicles are large /
with filtered heat and dialed lighting /
drive /
past /
try to look/not look /
we pretend to talk /
some motion to make time our own, separate /
no registered accelerant /
yet not stopping for thrumps under the wheels /
at the stop, they may recognize an eye or two /
if dwelling long enough /
one day we will stall /
struggling to open the hood /
hearing the rustle behind us /
the bus shelter is set alight each night /
recovering by morning /
clean glass for our viewing concern /
we keep our routes /
stopping for no thing /
listening for the rattle underneath
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