Busy day
Walking around the borough
Exhausted –
A quiet bus ride home
Ten minutes of silence
Perfection –
“I seen some geese the other day.
They was flockin’ up.”
“Yep. I seen ‘em.”
Were these two guys
Talking before I got on –
I thought one was a woman
“At first I thought
They was ravens talkin’
But they was geese talkin.’”
“Yep.”
“They gettin’ fat.”
“Uh-huh.”
I just want the quiet back –
One man gets off
The other says
“Are you ridin’ my back
Or am I ridin’ yours?
We’re friends now.”
The man getting off
Says nothing –
Please don’t talk to me
Please don’t talk to me
We ride in silence
Until the other man
Gets off and thanks the driver
I miss having my own vehicle
From the poetry collection Cats, Coffee, Catharsis.
James Pack 