Queueing For Busses

Queueing for busses
Even though not going far
Been queueing for busses
Ever since I sold the car.
I still can’t believe
What a bus passenger hears.
What have i been missing
For all of those years?
 
I sit there quietly
Occupying my place
Trying go maintain
An unmoving face.
I hear about adultery
Uninhibited sex
Heaven only knows 
What I’ll hear next.

Delinquent children
Beaten up wives.
Don’t people these days
Lead such disjointed lives.
The best are young women
On their mobile phones. 
They seem to think
They're in worlds of their own

Yet they all seem to speak
In a manner so loud
As if they are fighting 
The noise from a crowd.
Admissions of guilt,
After fun filled nights,
Lurid descriptions
Of esoteric sights,

Three in a bed romps,
Translucent underwear,
Just some of the things heard
While quietly sitting there. 
Sometimes I’ve  travelled 
miles further than I intended
Just to hear how
A good story ended

Queueing for busses
Even though not going far
Been queueing for busses
Ever since I sold the car.
I still can’t believe
What a bus passenger hears.
What have I been missing
For all of those years?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Volumes Avatar
January 21, 2023 at 8:08 PM
Sometimes I’ve travelled miles further than I intended Just to hear how A good story ended !!!!!! Cant beat that Terry. Magnificent ! You reman the Soup master of Story Telling.
Ireland Avatar
January 22, 2023 at 1:15 AM
Thanks Wen. Sadly this is largely true. Folk seem to think they're in a little soundproofed box as they blather away. Either that 0r no shame. As I have exceptionally acute hearing I can't escape from them.
Summers Avatar
January 21, 2023 at 6:40 PM
Great poem and a fun read. I especially liked repeating the first verse at the end…kind of brought this journey full circle. John
Ireland Avatar
January 22, 2023 at 1:16 AM
Thanks John. I have a love hate relationship with mobile phones/
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