Sign

by Rebecca Blake Title

The sign said:
Please
Bus your
Dishes!!!
Thanks
Picked up my dishes
and headed for the door.
Loaded them in my VW
and went.
Past the gold trees
and the barking dogs.
I swerved to miss a garbage can.

Parked in a driveway.
Took my dishes with me.
You've been bused, dishes of mine.

I turned on the stereo
Throbbing beat throbbing beat.
I turned off the stereo.
Sat down in a chair.
Put my dishes,
one by one, in front
of the mirror.
I've taken you on ride.
This is who you are.

Got up from my chair
with my dishes.
Put them back in the VW
and backed out of the driveway.

Smacked into the garbage can.
Drove past the barking dogs and the gold trees.
Stopped, took my dishes out of my VW,
Walked back in and sat
on another chair.
Put my dishes on my table.
Paid my bill and tipped my hat
to the sign.
"You are most welcome."