Friday, March 25, 2005  

Good Morning, YOU TOO PAL!!!

Today's bus ride was totally worth the $1.25 I paid to ship myself to America's Jazz Magazine.

A disheveled man with a briefcase flung fists at imaginary opponents, swatted bugs out of his hair, punched seats and walls, intimidated and lorded over other riders, and shouted "FUCK!" several times. The bus driver didn't notice or care because he was too busy talking to the man next to me about how the U.S. government is letting the "Spanish" sneak into the country but they're keeping the black man out, especially Haitians.

The driver broke from his rant long enough to peep the street and see a well-dressed woman walking down the middle of Colesville Road, directly toward the grill of his rig. She refused to move, had a stone-cold look on her face, and braced for impact by leaning her torso forward and pushing her arms back. The driver braked in plenty of time, so she sidestepped the bus and continued down the busy six-lane road looking for another vehicle to plow into her. The man next to me said to his bus-driver friend, "I've seen her do that before," before returning to the political conversation.

Sadly, I got off Silver Spring's version of Ken Kesey's Further just a few stops later---but at least I stepped out with the violent rider, who continued to seethe and swing and scream as he crossed Colesville, freaking out the car commuters lined up at the light.

I would have paid at least $1.35 for today's experience.

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