Ansley Moon

From Belgrade to Sofiya

We were not afraid of traveling
until the conductor stamped
our passes and told us that
we should be. That we
should not sleep until we
reached Thessaloniki.
As night neared, we vowed
we would not use the
hole in the floor where
a toilet used to be, in
the bathroom. The train
tracks spinning beneath us,
we played Hearts and Crazy
Eights and ate the rest of our food
to stay awake.