Bus Ride

This morning it was raining for the first time in, I don’t know how long, and it made for a very surreal bus ride into work. My random play on the iPod seemed to be reading my mood and the images as they flashed by.

Windows fogged and streaked distort the world into surreal images.
Constant stops past surburban streets, turned into a linear kalidoscope,
with the “Transfer” waiting for the Savages to come [1].
Savages becoming clear people and losing mushroom tops as they enter the bus,
dripping with the moisture of the day.
Multi-coloured boxes pass the window as cars overtake the bus,
shapes distorted in the blurs,
striking colours in blues, reds and yellow.
Round the round-about, over the hill,
leaving my local area with the “Straits” praising the hero [2].
Background noise softened to a hiss and a whir,
as the bus leaves the last stop before the express trip to work.
The crash barriers become a white fence
keeping out the looming, dark and ominous shapes of the trees.
The trees give way to the dark linear band of barriers
and “Kitaro” is promising a rising sun [3].

Drops streaked across my vision as the bus got up to speed,
distorted, blurred images flew past.
Light played and flashed but did not resolve into shapes or patterns.
Slowing down images of towers emerged from the blur
and “Betty” [4] did not care what the weather was.
Traffic and traffic lights again, stop, start whine and hum.
Tower blocks, people and cars were distinguishable from the haze.
My stop came and I went, agreeing with “Kate”, Wow! [5].

1. “10 minutes till the Savages Come” – The Manhatten Transfer
2. “Local hero/Wild Theme” – Dire Straits
3. “Dawn/Rising Sun” – Kitaro
4. “Come Rain or Come Shine” – Betty Roche
5. “Wow (Amazing)” – Kate Bush