Kit Kelen #234 - two Macao bus fantasies

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Macao bus fantasies

#1

one day

a smile

gets into

your pants

a little throw

of laughter after

that's you

lost to the annals

you only got on the bus

for the aircon

the one you were waiting for

won't come again

#2

San Ma Lou

it was a long time

the traffic had been getting slower

and then it really stopped

wouldn't go again

you can only spend so long

being impatient

we set up shop on the bus

played mahjong when necessary

took our rest how we could

now the street around us

grows and goes

bright awnings

every establishment changes hands

prosperity and then the slump

we see it all through the windows

we're still here

stuck between stops

between getting on

and getting off

we're here

nothing changes

the chili sauce, the dumplings

they're of another epoch now

and still the bus won't go

can't even open a window

because the air con's on

we open a bar

but it won't matter

how drunk we are

the wheels are grown in by this stage

vines tangle, clamour through the crowd

those with seats give thanks

they're for life!

someone starts a rumour

there's a new road

just only a block away

they say the traffic's flowing there

this kind of gossip is common in here

the driver's not game to open the doors