Locommotion

i don't want to be one of those annoying people. i just left a place full of annoying people[said it's hot in there man]gates on linwood and mainOnce your ticket has been taken you are free to move about the train. You must wear shoes at all times especially when moving about the train. Our next stop will be Washington in about half an hour.cough drops, man-take it and get ina bed. i knew i was gonna get sick. layin in'is shit. i just took a shower. i knew i was gon'get sick--i got my my life's worth i said 'well that's what confirmation is' hahaa-to be baptized is to be filled with the holy spiri-well it was a big fight between my husband and i. he said 'well that's a catholic thing' i said no it's not. i knew it was at least a four hour ride-uhmm[we can go, i'll probably have a-]i'll figure it out. the only thing bad is you have to pay an extra thirty dollars a month and charlie/so that's sixty dollars a month/oh yea, this actually goes pretty quick/charlie talked me into it-well-and charlie's so funny. he had to get the next one up. my old phone could take video and send video/on the 3g-but i can send it through e-mail..i cleaned out my purse-KANSAS CITY HERE WE COME! {somebody said about twenty-two degrees} cold as a muthafucka/i'm gettin' up outta here in about two weeks/gon' back down south/haw man kans city ain't through yet, not with snow. it prolly be snow'n t'night. shit-ya'll was jumpin up in'iss shit! snowed about three fo inches. i been down to houstin all this time you like it? heh yeah. lot a places don't normally get cold-oh you stayin in houston? ohh yeyeyeyeyeah he got some wheels t'get around? you gotta get some wheels. you gon up there t'get you a job? if you don't find one get on into gates i'll hire you. that's what i do. i hire people, train how t'cook, that's what i do-twenty years i bettaknow how to do it. Mr. Gates! he's my man. when i started at gates they ain't had no dishwashuh/12th street/103/40 highway/money maker/hundred third/twelth street is allright but they don't get bidness[goddamn]you probly know my nephew man.I BET I DO tall, skinny. i don't know where he at. real quiet, humble cat. he can play some ball, man/got that height-hey baby be careful/i'm always careful/i don't drink beer no more man (my stomach) they kept telling me that his test scores-she is so annoying-we went through another tunnel. we made it halfway through and it hadn't dropped yet-muthafucka there ain't bullshittin'.mmhmmm.program to do this embroidery i have a friend who does embroidery [regroup, try to get a fresh start] dad in the hospital and the kids are gonna get-did nicole tell you what tyler bags for every single one of them oh is he? yea but it's encouragingLadies and Gentlemen our next stop in just about a minute[my taxes]Washington, Missouri, Washington, Missouri next.oh shit big time chef huh? i stayed in houston, las vegas (that's what it is! exactly. there you go. anyways)Meerschaum corn cob pipes oh i'm good/why you never make it/i was so mad because charlie took my stainless steel/i said THAT'S MINE!/i want to sss-ssst-sss-t-ss-st-ssst*the flick of a lighter*cell phone snaps shut*knuckles crack*flashes of warm sunlight strobing through the opposing train on the left, trees) ss-ts-sssst-st-sssss (trees, brown and blue, sky, rustling through luggage, cattle.. lots of cattle) with the baby's initials on them really? i just ordered a whole bunch of them/we used the fiber optic/you can get that from/mhmm/okay/but it's like/right/it's cheaper/two hundred/baby's name on there/it's funny because when we first started doing it/the cheap stretchy type/do you use wire? we use wire and glass/i had to get a, um/because we send them out later/we do that for the moms heh heh heh heh heh heh charlie got me a bracelet/yea we got the kids name on every (four or five}it's in fenton. you would never find it if you didn't know where it was, but yea it's right off highway thirty. just a little bitty shop[that's funny because]well the next time they double strung it, used a heavier guage wire.well the one time that it broke, two times, every single time i found every single bead. charlie and i were fighting/i reached up and it just -and another time i think i reached back to hit hailey or somethi [serves you right] the cheapest place-but they didn't have letters [fifty or forty] well the thing is now i'm not supposed tLadies and Gentlemen, coming up in just one minute the next station stop Herman, Missouri, Herman. (Missouri Riverrunner: more than 90% on time) hello. i'm on the train. we're in herman, missouri. how you doing? well good. any cool buttons? okay. okay. byye charlie has two-can you make it? "gohhdklff" do you have facebook? have you ever changed it to pirate english? you go to the bottom of the page with all the languages and switch it to pirate english. very entertaining. but yeah, or the next time/just forget. it's hilarious "suuwahwugoin!"let her in.there you go ma'am.heh heh heh heh heh \you can't buy a ticket there(kirkwood)they have a scanner. or you can buy a ticket from me - 1.8oo.USA.RAIL - then just get the reservation number and bring it with you. there's two restrooms back there>the cafe car, there's two up in there too(someone is wearing way too much aqua velva) how you feelin' brotha? i'm feelin' a little betta but that cold still kickin m ass alka seltzer's what you need. ANYTHING! i'll take anything yeah it's like a little counter, she's got chips andsandwiches so, when i was on bed rest i made lots of/ah, a couple of different patterns. my mother told me how to do it over the phone[chick]got a couple of these [started mackin' on'er/said nobody get that woman! ..real fine, got that long yella bout fifteen an hourhand down there. GOt IT, got it dog! it's like aight, let's try that ol stuff/the way this train movin' we be in kans city by one-thirty////man i'm gon' get ridda my cricket phone/til my girl tol' me you get down there you can't even call me/that cricket ain't hit no shit... ol girl up there gettin'er brew on, uegh? yea she feelin' good now. she feelin' good/nah if i call into work they say 'hey you think you can come in today?' i don't know if [charlie got] wanna go into work today way i'm feelin'/so what would you say the best you all got, the ribs? short end? long end? what really be jumpin are th'slabs. bout twenty bucks for the whole slab? eighteen twenty-long as you make that meat juicy tenderLadies and Gentlemen your attention please. In just a minute we're gonna take a stop. We'll have a short delay. We should be on our way as soon as we let this train by.you should of heard me cussin' on the way to the train sta-boy i can't wait to get home hnaghaha {something to do with the wheels} you saw it that night didn't you? well the way it was falling/ change the [yea i know it] weight ratio [heh yea yeah yeah] so they had to put a stronger chain on it [that's it, anybody else do der bidness/i knew that's right/t'DAY, t'DAY/been off since last thursday/crank'em up t'day... f'you wanna get loose come by gates n' main round five-thirty. what's your numba? three fi nine, eighteen sevendy-five. m\Mr Harris, said tyrone didn'you?/ i be livin' at my grandmothe's he was like, 'i wasn't gonna tell you until you got on the train]changin' tracks, we gon get back on[did you say "and who are you today?"-hahagh all you see is corn an' water/i told ya. got on'iss track.looks like we switched.i'll just ask you from now onthat's where modern technology comes in. Used to have to get off and switch, now it's all computerizedreally? we left him an hour ago-what?/train. i know it sounds the same/michelle goes on a plane tomorrow/my mother is/she actually started out/my dad\engineer\ss-\like\would\well\a civil engineer would/breaks/like/that's what i would do]should be in jeffison city bout 'leven o' clock(heh heh heh heh heh haah)luckily i hadn't had t' deal wi'snow/michigan oooh LORD. i got five brotha's in detroit, michigan/so you from misssippi?/?no shit! K C K AIN'T NO DIFRENT>kc a little bit more city/like so you gettin' off downtown kanss city? / oooohh lord brotha she got two females/oh kay[shit]make sure you start over in linwood'n main get summa that good barbecue from my main man {that's the mississippi river right there, naw missouri river} got some good casinos down'ere/kansas city ain't no pushover y'know/damn right/:griffin/he let's you know/eddie griffin/i think eddie griffin's bout fowty-seven fowty-eight/i didn't know he went to lincoln cuz i didn'know'em there.....feel like you doin little betta man, i ain't heard you coughin'/been holdin it in/what part of vegas is you(i heard prostitution is legal. i'm gonna have to check that muthafucka out) i see your boy uhh, fox, uh, jamie foxx in'a papersmay i help you? -right when you walk in the door is that just in Knss city? gates/kansas city on lockdown/they got gates soda/they had one in vegas/business]somebody said you boy went up there and lost a lotta f money/"HIS SON DEEID(his son did)-you still stay right off benton? yeah, mr gates do/you know i heard arthur browns ain't owned my family no more / arthur browns hangin' outthe door ]['nother train comin'/that's an Amtrak right there. goin' back to saint louis/rather take the train than that greyhound..that dogg, mann. can't even get up walk'round, stretch yo'legs. scratch yo'nuts..on that dogg, man.Ladies and Gentlemen, the next scheduled station stop in about 5 minutes will be Jefferson City, Missouri. Jefferson City, Missouri will be our next scheduled stop/We will be here for about three minutes. Jefferson City!

(i wake up to a man snoring in Sedalia)

i would like to eat lunch but i'm not really that hungry/a salad sounds good/panera?/where is a panera? might have just been well i would say that some of the things we do/implications/i heard charlie picked this color-no-that's what peter said/sometimes i think he talks out of his ass (so then, that wine tasting party, did you hear about that? Denise socializes with just her own friends and by the time she was leaving/and it's funny because.. yeah, yeah, i was shocked. is denise the one with mark? he's very passionate and that's fine, but the second you're compassionate about something-as long as it's his way. allayna graduates:SEE DADDY? See, Look Daddy! Why did we stawp? h,Heyy! Ladies and Gentlemen, we are stopped in a place called Deer Creek waiting for the freight train on our left. Hopefully they'll get moving soon and we'll be on our way.er had uh huhh lose it[said the artist]yess sst half right? barnes st. peters right there on olive, yea i don't know why it's called st. peters i'd missed 306 yeh yeh "dat dadah?" manudeh see? HAATCHOO bless you HUAAAATCHOO! oh man, double bless you /huh? Said you're double-blessed. mmm*sighs*mmmmhmhmm charlie's mom. charlie's sister/why are you calling me? that was him, funny that was him {you know[i don't know how but i don't know] haghagh hagh ehhhhhaghagh HAGHAGH HAGH is like a sitcom hmmmpgh well that's what i was just looking/two holes in the elbows. really? -know how to do something/me, then she followed me. shhiet, is it hot up there? not what grandpa said, grandpa said but you know they weren't gonna pay for/ so anyway my aunt/i've actually done that before. it was like the same show you how cold it is. yea it cold, they's snow on'a ground grandpa. okay. okay. okay. okay so can you guys like order food and stuff? hey! hey -okay/are you done with school? [ahahahaow(ohhhh)uhawh] i don'know} i saw i had a message/i'm excited are you? the concert/yeah i'm excited.that's what it is/or like the last week of august, yeah/i'll let you go/tell Brandon i said hi/call me if you get bored {weeeee} mhmm whatever! alright, bye. did you pay? well you know, charlie said, you know-it's a privelege and i said (yea he loved mmhmm yeah okay know wha'm sayin? get in bed. i can do that when i'm stayin' by myse- Ladies and Gentlemen, now arriving at our last station stop; downtown Kansas City.