“The school bus is here!”
 
my neighbor calls to her son—
 
summer slips away.

 
 
 

End-of-winter dream:
 
I keep waiting for a bus
 
that never shows up.

 
 
 

On the late-night bus
 
a man stares out the window
 
until the last stop.

Frenzy

 
 
 

Holiday frenzy—
 
a parcel-laden shopper
 
takes the wrong bus home.

Bus

 
 
 

morning’s first buses
 
roaring through the city streets—
 
kite-maker whistles

Suitcase

 
 
 

an empty suitcase
 
tossed out of a moving bus
 
now a mouse’s home

Runaway

 
 
 

thirteen-year-old
 
boarding the Mumbai bus
 
ticket to ride