BusMates

I wouldn't say
the family
from Janesville, WI
that sprawled across
four rows
of the bus
that spirited us
down I-90
were hicks
actually
...
maybe I would
the teens
brayed
their brashness
via facetime
the parents
berated the driver
for a two minute
deviation
from the scheduled departure
and waxed poetic
on the nature of auditory change
during air travel
as if popping-ears, air pressure, and that cure all
gum
were not only novel
but they their sole afflictors.

Amazing
how loud
ignorance can be.