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berri bus terminal - morning - late summer

it's all occupied with dark fumes of flatulence

      the bus hanger

          it's teething and earning      a low ceilinged thrive

 

regularly cleaned the roof portal

   with a large drooping eye

          brags of blue sky

the coaches are idling

   fretful   to be burdened and go

 

elsewhere

the public urinals

there's a strong smell of iron

are the morning users dehydrated

  malnourished or ill ?

i feel a little flated

 

elsewhere

in the waiting area

   a neatly turned out teen

    wants to give their seat to the infirm

does not     and hurts inside  averting

(a public act of courtesy

   would   after all   be an embarrassing one)

 

attention back to the importance

my friend has ungreeted me

  i have wished him ease

  and he has passed between the cordons

amongst amiable cattle

  he pauses at the authorities verification

who   in turn

   tails them to load up their luggage

                    and become their driver

 

                             - goodbye my friend

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Written by
neth-jones
Published
Feb 7, 2024
Lines·Words
31·152
Notes

22/08/23

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#notes#travel#friend#goodbyes#summer#public#observations#bus#terminal
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