The Sounds On The Bus Poem by ART PAUL SCHLOSSER

Some kid watching an old TV show on his laptop

The bus driver announces some rules and then we go


Noises from the bus hitting the road with a clickety clack


Some mother and kid arguing about a phone because she needed it back


Someone different talking to a friend on the phone a little loud


The door of the bathroom opening and closing now


Someone opens their soda bottle with a fizz


A Truck moving a head of the bus with a hum of a hiss


The kid is out of tissue and the Dad is now talking


Someone has a sniffle and their nose is snorting


Then I hear a cough or two


A Baby starts to cry boo-hoo


More coughing and the snap of a water lid on a water container


And now the baby is really crying what a complainer


Someones phone making the same melody over and over


Another snap of a water container cover


With all these noises going on-on the bus


I don't think I'm going to nap to much