Xcp:  Streetnotes: Spring  2005
Streetnotes Spring 2005 xcp

 
 
Kerby Valladares
 

Motion Sickness
 
 

 
 
We are silent,
sharing transportation.
A destination to one meek schedule.
An unintentional stare
may make someone move.
It’s not like I like you.
You’re standing in my view,
just another object in the panoramic scene.
My head turns another direction,
another tree, building, bush, cemetery, or train.
The Zombies next to me
stare straight,
careful not to turn to their neighbor.
That’s disrespectful.
We strain ourselves
to squeeze into the
imaginary boundary of these plastic seats.
Do not touch each other!
Do not touch me…
Don’t touch me!


  (c)Valladares 2005


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