BUSSSSSSSSSSSS
by April Halprin Wayland
Brakessssshisssssss
wheelsssssssssqueal
busssssssssssssssss
sssssssssssssto-ops.
Step in! Step up!
the doors shut
the coins clink
the driver gives a friendly wink
She presses down the fat gas pedal
a creepy sound of scraping metal
the bus roars
an old man snores
Brakessssshisssssss
wheelsssssssssqueal
busssssssssssssssss
sssssssssssssto-ops.
Step down! Step off!
Bus breathes.
Busssssssssssssssss
leaves.
published in Roll Along — Poems on Wheels selected by Myra Cohn Livingston (McElderry Books, 1993)
