9 Seconds on Bus #79 W

Gabriel Charles (Kayode)

I looked
speechless.

Bus driver outside,
watching.

Faceless women
and tongue-less men stuck
eyes to windows.

Little girl brushed hair
of Bratz doll.

Two little boys played,
wrestling with WWE
Action figures.

Her girls mute
like it [normal] and she [always].

His boys cheerleaders
like it [sport] and she [win].

He spit game at her
She laughed at him [stupid nigga]

He called her ugly bitch
dull, smudged,
fused into bus seat.

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