The weird man on the city bus
Talked and talked.
I did not mean to listen
As he talked,
But quite by accident
I heard him say
That cars can kill
And banks have robbed.
He talked and talked
To me,
I nodded,
Yes.
He talked some more,
I listened
Wanting only for the words
To stop,
His eyes turned back
Towards himself.
Funny,
When at last the silence came
I felt the universe shutter to a halt,
The earth ceased revolving,
Poised silently between night and day,
Momentum pulled me from my seat
And I thought for an instant,
(Was I wrong?)
I had offended some great omnipotent power.
The doors sighed open
And the weird man left the bus
Quietly,
I turned to see him
Through the window
Emphatically
Addressing the sidewalk.
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