riding the bus to work is a good way to think or to read paul thought to himself on the bus ride to work his thoughts could not become real to him because he did not want to look insane to everyone else on the bus his thoughts came to him like someone yelling over a hard wind he was trying to write them on his memory but the act of writing was easier and more immediate than that of listening he was afraid that when he looked at his memory later he would not be able to read what was written thoughts are like the wind outside a moving bus he thought or rather the bus is a brain slamming into columns of stagnant air causing them to whistle past in a confusion of something he could barely hear the voice yelling to him over the wind speak up he thought to the voice then remembered it was his own he wished he'd remembered a book to read he looked at his hands to pass the time they were dry in the winter air that had seeped its way into the bus he tried to figure out how many hours they would make it before cracking and bleeding maybe three or four he thought accidentally out loud he looked around expecting stares from everyone on the seat he was surprised that he was the only one on the bus