Monday, April 2, 2007

On the back of an envelope or bus


O
n the back of an envelope or bus
    people like us    like me
reach out more neighbourly
in trust    not love    a labour at ease
with itself    and elsewise no fuss
nothing special or extraordinary

people like us like me    just like that
    worthy of a trip to any place
on top of the world    nothing spectacular
where day-to-day transactions
are mulled and nailed
in the midst of chaotic remonstrance
more or less orderly out of this that is and this that is not
hit the mark    plain remarkable
day upon day hidden or bidden in the sun's aye
clouds shrugging off the rain

my oh my how spot on    obvious isn't it
    even absurdly reasonable    scribbled like this
on the back of an envelope or bus


written on the back of an envelope for transit buspass application.

mmvi

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