Ode to Public Transportation

8 days ago
I was riding the 92 bus
and the bus stopped at l'Ecole Militaire
I looked out the window
at the bus stop bench
and there sat a woman

she was older than 60
but younger than 70
she wore a bright red dress that buttoned all the way down the front
and hose
she had bright bleached hair
she held a mirror

the woman was primping
she was applying lipstick
I thought at first
but on the 92 bus I was wrong

the old lady in the red dress on the bench at the bus stop
held a mirror in her left hand
held tweezers in her right hand
and waited for the 82 bus and plucked her mustache