Small coins

Wednesday 6th of February.

The alarm was early today, it had been set carelessly last night.

But it makes little difference. By the time all has been done and dealt with, it is five thirty three

again, and out in the alley there are yellow plastic bags full of plastic waste, waiting to be

collected. There is snow in the street, and because it is cold, the snow is hard and crunchy.

The town has been cleared of snow by the municipal workers, there are heaps of snow at

all of the corners where they have piled it up. They are very thorough, there is not much snow there this year.

At the bus stop, there is Dolores, she does not look sad any more now. Wish her a good morning. Just as the noticeboard on the pole shows that the arrival of the bus is imminent, the taxi driver arrives. He says good morning to Dolores too. When they have

both got on board take out out all the small coins and pay the driver. The days journey has started. Three stops later, the taxi driver gets off the bus, four stops later dolores leaves the bus. The destination, the railway station is the next stop. Get out of the bus, look forward to hot coffee.