Nasty Habits

Sitting next to a person whose breath stinks,
is it alcohol or lack of oral hygiene...
never mind what that person thinks:
excessive drinking is not a medicine!


Waiting for the bus that
runs on a Sunday schedule is tormenting misery,
and worse, standing next
to a smoker who has little consideration for me!


And I assume no other intruder tries
to spoil my trip on this bus cramped with kids
who talk aloud and curse with derisive eyes,
not hearing the bus driver's angered voice!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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February 22, 2014 at 5:41 PM
Andrew, I like how yours is so easy to read. You didn't moan on and on about all kinds of things. Well, some that did that were very good poems. But I like them short like this one and I like how you made it all about the bus ride. Wish I had done one like this!!
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