Bus Stop

By Laurent the Lion

"Bus Stop" is a plain spoken account of the realities and absurdities of riding the public transit in a big city. You will know these people, these places, and these experiences. The twenty-one lively poems are written to entertain on and off your commute.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Apr 18, 2014
• ISBN: 9781312115217

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Bus Stop

Bus Stop

By Laurent the Lion

Copyright © 2014, Laurent the Lion

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Old Dude and the Crumpled Flower

waiting at the bus depot

an old man

wearing sunglasses

in a wheelchair

he's looking down

at a crumpled red flower

(not a rose)

he can’t reach it

I pick it up for him

he lets out

an old man kind of

abbreviated chuckle

I don’t think he understands English

a good looking lady

in tight