19 December




 through the window


Every day he picks up the same passengers, drives the same route through the dirty city.
Every morning he stops his bus in front of her house at 6:15.
He thinks it would be nice to leave the city - move the kids out here. He waits 5 minutes. She never sees anyone get on. 


poetry jam 

55 word challenge



this is my first time at 55 word challenge...I think I interpreted the photo prompt a bit...oh well...I will do better next time

Comments

  1. 21 Wits19 December 2013 at 11:00

    I like suspense that builds within after the last line of reading. Quite visual!

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  2. 21 Wits19 December 2013 at 11:00

    Oops, forgot, love that photo, very nice!

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  3. Loredana Donovan19 December 2013 at 11:23

    A story well told in a few lines, full of yearning ... so vivid.

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  4. Laurie Kolp19 December 2013 at 13:20

    Great take on the prompt!

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  5. Claudia19 December 2013 at 16:19

    oh you make me feel him... the same routine day by day by day.. and sometimes it just seems to make no sense... very cool storytelling in such few words

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  6. Peggy19 December 2013 at 19:00

    I like this. Very cool that you did it in 55 words as well. Full of mystery and yearning as well as inside and outside. Thanks for posting this.

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  7. Debbie19 December 2013 at 19:14

    oh i think you did great, love the image!!

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  8. Intelliblog20 December 2013 at 00:23

    These few lines, pregnant with so many possibilites that could change lives...

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  10. Anonymous20 December 2013 at 01:48

    Love the picture and the way you have written!!

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  11. alan170420 December 2013 at 02:29

    nicely done and such great effect.

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  12. Vandana Sharma20 December 2013 at 03:52

    Indeed sometimes we get so used to certain things that we take them for granted, But when even a single thing from that daily routine falls apart we really feel its absence.

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  13. Sumana Roy20 December 2013 at 07:58

    love the storyline...

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  14. Unknown20 December 2013 at 08:43

    Sometimes the grass does look greener on the other side!

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  15. Lynn20 December 2013 at 10:42

    you did well!!!

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  16. Mary20 December 2013 at 12:42

    I would like to know the story behind us. Sounds intriguing.

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