Summary

It is a rainy Tuesday night and Zora is waiting for her poetry class. She thinks about how she is known for being opinionated, and yet she is not sure if she actually believes in any of these opinions. Her classmates arrive and they make their way to the Bus Stop, a local poetry cafe where they are spending the evening for Claire’s class. Claire ends up sitting with Zora and her friends, though she wishes to be sitting with the other, more “poetic,” students. Claire and Zora end up having a tense conversation about the intimidating nature of Claire’s class. Levi appears with a posse of men, who are going to perform that night.

The first performer is not a very good poet, and goes on for a very long time. The audience is restless for her...