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unnoticed

she looked out of place
sitting near the exit door of the bus

some believed she was from
another world
sent to sit in one spot & observe

some say she was a sorcerer
or an oracle
or simply an hologram
—that her position on the bus
had something to do
with coordinates of certain stars

days turned into weeks
weeks into months
months into years
yet she continued to occupy
the same seat on the bus

for whatever reason
nobody had the courage
to directly ask her
why on earth she sat there
in silence & expressionless

in the meantime people came
and people went
a cycle of certainty in an uncertain world
—of course in the end
she may have never existed at all


august two thousand twenty-four
copyright j matthew waters
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