--- title: Stayed on the bus too long id: stayed-on-the-bus genre: verse project: title: Autocento of the breakfast table class: autocento ... It was a [gamble][] \ I lost---thought I could get closer \ than the library, stayed \ on past the admin building, \ back down the hill to my beginning, \ the driver's second-to-last stop. \ [I have to walk now][], \ through the wind and sun, past \ [traffic][] moving merrily along \ taking their own gambles \ staying on or getting off \ too soon. [gamble]: hard-game.html [I have to walk now]: lappel-du-vide.html [traffic]: theoceanoverflowswithcamels.html