Wisps of Sunshine
The floorboard creaks as I tiptoe to my seat, eager to watch the first time children meet.
The floorboard creaks as I tiptoe to my seat, eager to watch the first time children meet.
IZIMA
Be careful, Izima.
Busy.
Busy.
Busy.
Dinner.
Dinner.
Dinner.
This.
This.
This.
Messy.
Messy.
Messy.
BONG. BONG. BONG. Three o'clock and all's well, I thought, peering out the front windshield of taxi 38, the black-and-yellow 2018 Toyota I've been carting New Yorkers around in every day for five years. Everybody knows me.
IZIMA
Be careful, Izima.
Looking in the mirror, I am awakening. Have I always needed so much makeup to conceal my eye bags? I am in a haze, and I am off to work, and it is too early in the morning.
Careful.
Careful.
Careful.
Red.
Red.
Red.
Patience.
Patience.
Patience.