Goddamnit Nelson

 Charlie Tisch

the school bus is waiting kids 

pick up your oversized science project from the sidewalk and don’t hit me with it on
your way
to your seatroger 

goddamit nelson quit your goddamn loud swearing ass  

where do these kids learn words like that I mean seriously he’s six 

            seven stops to go 

I swear if that boy lowers the window ooonneee mmooorree notch 

samantha and jessica must have had a sleepover last night they still have pajama bottoms on 

they chit chat up and down this bus about boys and they’re halfway to sixteen 

                        six stops to go 

that nelson boy reminds me of a kid I knew growing up 
last I saw him was in a motel lot outside of town 
I heard his name on the news 
shheeeesshh! I hope none of the kids saw that 
ah hell they don’t know the rules of the road 
they probably heard the horn though 
why is there someone chasing the bus  
                           six stops to go 
I should have gotten more sleep last night 
ohh       I drove past billy and bo’s stopwhoops 
that must be their mom trying to flag me down 
bet she goes on afternoon runs   
I mean look at that body        
                       bounce bounce 
she looks a little upset 
it’s okay though, I’m a verrry approachable guy 
                                        five stops to go 

I wonder if the top of my bus is white or yellow 
somebody once told me UPS trucks don’t have brown tops to save money on paint 
why does this guy still have his blinker on? 
people are idiots 
I never remember this brown hair girl’s name 
she sits near hope normally 
not today though I wonder if theyre having a fight 
but what do little girls fight about? 
boys? wait, they’re five 
                                                   four stops to go 
disagree with our rule to open the doors at train crossings 
I mean, what’s the point? 

could totally jump a motorcycle over this moving train 
straddle the ducati I don’t have and get it up to 75mph and I’m flyin over that thing 
how does adrenaline work? 

are you kidddddddding me 

what could they possibly be carrying at 7:38 in the morning 
cows? or like millions of boxes of cheetos  probably not 
one could only dream 

fiiiiiiinally I’m free 
okay dumb car behind me I’m moving lay off your fucking horn 
why are you still honking at me? 
if I were in my 97 honda civic I’d pull right beside and give em the bird 
probably throw some coins at their windshield too – my horn doesn’t work 
oh for fucks sake goddamnit nelson 
no one besides your mother wants to see those pale prepubescent buttcheeks 
I won’t report the kid though. he’s alright 
this mirror never lies 
this one here is a new stop for me, got it last tuesday 
watch your step kids, don’t want to fill out another incident report 
three weeks ago little ol’ Jimmy sliced his ring finger open reaching for gum sticking under his seat 
fricken idiot 

                                                              three stops to go 
I never wore a seatbelt on the bus growing up 
we would always make fun of the kids who did 
look at this unconventional bag this kid’s got 
I wonder if he’s ridiculed for bringing a briefcase to school 
he can’t be any older than nine 
                                                                                                    two stops to go 
this route doesn’t make any sense to me 
I’ve picked up three new stops along this route this year and it blows 
I have to wake up twenty-five minutes earlier each morning just to zig zag in stupid -like- zig zags 
like, my dude Freddy literally picks kids up two blocks from this stop on his route 
              speed bump! 
yep most of these kids don’t wear seatbelts eitheronly roger 
danny got pretty high on that one, must have hit his head on the ceiling, heard a bang 
impressive 
back spots are the best spots 
little jimmy has been crying about his parentdivorce the last couple weeks 
kid just won’t get over it. marriage is a sham I keep telling him 
“Is your parent’s divorce almost over?” 

                                                                                                                   next stop school 

“Alright kids exit the same way you came in” 
“Don’t forget your lunches” 

Dumbasses