AugPoWriMo 10

The Quarter Horse 

Life is a bus ride 
through a new city 
listening to the story 
told by the driver 

each time a new rider 
steps on the bus 
the driver tells the story 
whole again the same way 

soon you are listening 
for the responses 
from your fellow passengers 
discovering the story 

for the very first time 
while you hear every 
repetition with a difference
the exuberant ride 

screeching to a halt 
you put in another quarter 
because after all you were 
riding a quarter horse