Cracked vinyl bus seats Windows that have heard the stories of every passanger smeared with truth The spit of the elderly woman who fell asleep while reminiscing about the son whom she's visiting that she hasn't seen in 35 years The stubbled cheeks of the older gentleman who is counting the pennies in his pocket on his way to the store to get food for his daughter The knitted scarf of the middle-aged woman who is slowly pulling her coat closer to her in an attempt to warm herself because it was the only article of clothing she could afford that year The ponytail of the teenaged girl who is tracing the scars on her wrist from the last time she tried to end her life They congregate for a common purpose, but The doors to their hearts open like the hinged door, letting anyone haphazardly stumble in for a moment, And Their souls are brighter than the lights of the megabus as they are honest with themselves for even just a minute And their walls are temporarily demolished because who would ever have to lie about who they are on a greyhound bus?
Smooth polished church pews Floors that have been tread upon by every saint stained with lies The flats of the elderly woman who is nodding off while pretending to pray for the son whom she hasn't spoken to in 35 years The loafers of the older gentleman who is calculating the amount of money he can sneak from the spagetti dinner fund without getting caught The high heels of the middle-aged woman who is slowly pulling up her skirt on one side in an attempt to catch the attention of the younger men further down the pew, while her husband holds her hand on the other The tennis shoes of the teenaged girl who is tracing the bruises under her blouse from the last time she started a fight with her boyfriend They congregate for a common purpose, but Their masks are painted on more elaborately than the Sistine Chapel And Their lies are built up more intricately than the stained-glass windows that surround them As they read their words to live by from a book collecting dust in drawers throughout America because who could be anything but holy in a church?