Rosa Parks, inverted;

Lightening back to be down.

Unflappable white guilt

Absorbs insults, jostle, sniff,

Staring, chuckling.

Tongue throws thanks

Back, cruising, pinching

Brand-new-billcap; caught

Snaps. "Boy, you better let go

Or I’ma sock you!" Our eyes brawl.

His girl, "C’mon!"

Bus driver rear-view; patient engine.

(Something may be done if

Schedule’s threatened.)

"Come on!"

He keeps his promise, I my hat;

Accordion doors exhale.

Middle-aged female black

Witness ignores me.

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