The Bus Stop
No one wanted to see
but everyone watched
surreptitiously
The self-righteous bitch
with too-red lipstick
condemned him
and his bottle
the young mother
dragged her questioning child
out of range
the old women
tsked, tsked
no one wanted to admit
he was there
sprawled in a corner
and then
my bus arrived
~ Laura Dennis
Laura Dennis lives in Edmonton with her husband. Although she has written poetry for most of […]
