Tuesday, February 12, 2019

PHANTOM PEGABUS IN THE BUCKET

LIKE THE FLYING DUTCHMAN THIS BUS FOR POETRY CANNOT YET  BE SEEN 


Here is a letter of complaint that I just sent to RIPTA  about a missing bus in Pawtucket.

I and all my friends who ride RIPTA daily have been unable to find a certain bus --the one with the POETRYINMOTION  poem on it. They have called and complained to me because I Am the  Guilty Poet who  won the poetryinmotion conetst with my poem "I AM WITH YOU IN PAWTUCKET: CIRCA 1959". Poet Laureate Tina Cane promised to go on the bus and take a pic for me--I am disabled and cannot ride the bus anymore.
So I feel a little foolish, but you, RIPTA, did  send out a press release about my award and you did promise it would be on a bus.  SO did that  BUS--let's call it PEGABUS --get lost?
 Or is it the stuff  of legend? Will it only appear when the corruption has left the STATE HOUSE and the Independent Man  is  safe  to ride buses again? --something like the FLYING DUTCHMAN or Charlie on the MTA? Or ZORRO?
PLEASE DO INVESTIGATE THIS LOST BUS MYSTERY.
 Cheers, Norma Jenckes

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