tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861808441345669757.post3499459911840281096..comments2023-12-28T21:25:32.696-08:00Comments on The song is...: Bryn Fortey Enters Both ContestsMarianne Szlykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00690997199080254317noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861808441345669757.post-90308216161633311112016-11-27T20:38:59.897-08:002016-11-27T20:38:59.897-08:00Thanks so much, Luis!Thanks so much, Luis!Marianne Szlykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00690997199080254317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861808441345669757.post-53313443306811148842016-11-27T14:14:08.978-08:002016-11-27T14:14:08.978-08:00by Luis Pastor Villalobos
100 years (1) (1)
Rati...by Luis Pastor Villalobos<br /><br />100 years (1) (1)<br /><br />Rational: Months after riding the bus to work I realized that I was getting the type of workout that health spa members only dream of. I walk several minutes in the morning to reach my bus stop and repeat the process in the afternoon. As my poem attests I often have to run to catch the bus. There have been times when I caught the bus just in time, and other times I have seen the bus ride away. Some bus drivers have the heart to wait a few seconds and other drivers just drive away.<br />100 years (1)<br /><br />Several times I have had to run<br />A short distance to catch the bus.<br />I am 54 but I run like 20.<br /><br />From a distance I can see or hear<br />The bus approaching its stop<br />Or I’m late and I have to run to catch the bus.<br /><br />Like a young kid, running like crazy<br />I put myself in first and second gear<br />Lugging my bags along.<br /><br />Gasping for air I board the bus<br />And in several occasions<br />I have told the bus driver,<br /><br />“If I live to be 100, I will owe it all to public transportation.”<br />The drivers who don’t stop and might not see me running,<br />Will never receive the pleasure of hearing these words<br />And seeing an old man gasp for air.<br /><br /><br /><br />luis villaloboshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901818488955814750noreply@blogger.com