Saying Goodbye to the Janitor

there was a janitor at my high school everyone avoided him students said he was creepy and

that he watched people too closely teachers barely acknowledged him and rumors went

around that he had a bad past we were told not to talk to him he worked late nights and

always wore the same worn jacket one day i stayed after school because i missed the bus

and was sitting alone in the hallway he came by pushing his cart and asked if i was okay i

was nervous but said yes he sat on the floor a few feet away and told me he used to wait

after school for his daughter when she went there before she passed away he said being there

made him feel close to her after that i started saying hi to him and noticed he would quietly