Real U.S. flavor
For Czech guests, perhaps too much:
“There is here some . . . stench?!”
–SED & MJK
I’m looking for the
Holy Grail, a unicorn,
And the J-Church. Oh,
…
Look over there! A
Pitch white unicorn drinking
From the Holy Grail.
–E.K.L.
oh yes number one
the train that goes across town
it takes me to work
He sits there reading
Murakami to impress
The girls, who don’t care.
–E.K.L.
Pabst tall boy in hand,
I board the Nite Owl, ready
for further drinking.
–Nick Flip
South from Golden Gate,
the 28 chugs, like a
slo-mo tube of suck.
–Nick Flip
There are two people
On this bus with pee-stained pants.
They should get married.
– E.K.L.
Wheelchair woman: “This
my stop. No insurance for
Feet. Move out my way.”
…
Man with cane doesn’t
Move his feet or his cane. “Bitch,
My cane’s in your wheel.”
…
“I told you to move.”
“YOU the one in the way. Now
Let me get my cane.”
…
“Get your cane, fool.” She
Descends. Bus about to start –
Man with cane says, “This
…
“Mission? This my stop,
Too. Hold it. Let me out. This
My stop. This my stop.”
–E.K.L.
Chickens cluck in bags
En route to the sizzling wok
And look! A live pig!
— miniver
East Bay residents
feeding change to the turnstiles.
Which train to Pac Bell?
M is for mud; U,
urine. N, narcoleptic
bum; I… I need air.
–A.K. Lewis
Aging grandmother
Eyes me, hopeful. NO — seat’s mine!
*I* called shotgun, bitch!
— A.K. Lewis
the L comes slowly
bobbing down Taraval Street
…late to work again.
-Nick Flip
Late for appointment
MUNI comes; crowded as hell
Stops not. Damn you, bus!!!
–A.K. Lewis
Why did the man cross
The road? To get hit by a
Bus, evidently.
–E.K.L.
Muni is my bitch.
I ride her every day. Crap -
I am Muni’s bitch.
– E.K.L.
At Castro Station,
expensively dressed men all
exit the Muni.
–Nick Flip
When you’ve got to piss,
You’ve got to piss. And that’s what
That man’s doing now.
–E.K.L.
To my left: B.O.
To my right: red crotchless chaps
Nevermind: I’ll walk.
— A.K. Lewis
nobody wakes him
the man sleeps in the next seat
he misses his stop
–rtkim