For The Drivers

this one's for the bus drivers
heavy-bore pilots of silverblue people scows
steerers of battered citizenry
cutters of perfumed air flattop town
inscribers of blank blacktop
plyers of runway avenues
haunters of street holding strips
ferryers of schoolchildren roughnecks
dispatchers of crush and grind blue collars
revokers of busted bus passes

blue-suited hurry up and wait-ers
river valley bus bombers
downtown noisemakers
uptown always on timers
transit center pauser smokers
5am diesel yawners
midnight bus stop lurkers
always on the weekend shifters
overly nice morning greeters
crabby evening traffic talkers

masticators of paper and metal fare
dealers of paper faretraders
seers and knowers of this town, this city
denizens of dirty habitat
harnessers of midnight engines
chastisers of obscene youth
wakers of dilapidated drunks
thankers of paying riders
checkers of the public clock
keepers of the proletariat pulse

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