Adventures in Public Transportation:
1: An observation of two brothers.
They are wearing matching
ski jackets, pants, gloves, and headwarmers, but in different neon colours. One, the older one, is fast asleep with a copy of
Important Black Men through History forgotten in his lap. The other one, the younger one, is bouncing up and down in his seat, eyes wide with wonder at
The Hobbit.
2: A conversation with an old lady.
Her: "
You are young, and I hate you. I hate your air of
arrogance, of
contempt. I hate your
blue hair, your
leather coat, your
aesthetic. I hate everything you stand for, you and all people like you."
Me: "You hate me because
I am young and you do not know me, but you are old, and
I have known a thousand of you. Every day, you find me and say those words to me, but there are less of you now than there were yesterday, and tomorrow there will be less still. You hate me because you do not understand me, and you never will. Your hate is fear, and your
fear will never move me."
No one on the bus took notice of this exchange; they did not see the way we looked at each other, how we spoke without words.