I often take the bus to work. and I often see the same people board the bus. there's the old man with a crutch who boards on 31st, and always wears aviator sunglasses, and he looks like a cross between Hemingway and Bukowski...he's very grumpy, and if he doesn't get the seat up front right behind the plexiglas, he gets very crabby indeed. he grunts something at the person sitting in his seat. sometimes they move, and sometimes they don't. and there's a native american girl who gets on with her infant daughter, with another girl, and the mother's eyes are always so bright, and she always seems so content, but excited about something at the same time. but my favorite person on the bus is a female Elvis impersonator who boards at 25th street, who always gives the bus driver a smile, and she usually sits in the jump seats up front...she has a bouffant, jet-black hair, and often wears BB King's club t-shirts, or an "I Love Elvis" button, or some kind of "I Love Jesus" item. she always seems so happy and enthusiastic. sometimes I hear her talk to others about her nation-wide travels doing Elvis impersonation contests.
