2 6 T H E T U S C A R O R A R E V I E W 2 0 2 3 SPACE PLAYGROUND Emma Ray Color Pencil This Way B A B Y C O R N I S H The route is long, and I take it often. Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 10 a.m. The city bus whines as it comes to a stop, opening its doors just long enough for me to get on before it takes off again. It’s a greenpainted steel atrocity that shudders at every speed, but it gets me to school and the diner where I work. If I ever wanted to go anywhere else it could probably take me there too, but I stick to my route. 10:05 Creekside Apartments: Yolanda gets on board with an empty wire cart on wheels dragging behind her. I know her name because she wears it everywhere. “Yolanda”, in scraggly pink thread on the right hand corner of her
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