### ### ### ### ### #### ### ### ### #### ### ### ##### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ##### ### ### ########## ### ### ########## ### ### ### ### Underground eXperts United Presents... ####### ## ## ####### # # ## ## ####### ####### ## ## ## ## ##### ## ## ## ## ## #### ## ## #### # # ####### ####### ####### ## ## ## ## ##### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ####### ####### # # ## ####### ####### [ Riding The 5:15 ] [ By BJ Moore ] ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- uXu #486 Underground eXperts United 1999 uXu #486 Call Postcards From The Edge BBS -> telnet pfte.iirg.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------