South to north

north to south

to and fro

a modern Sisyphus

on the city bus

to work and back

thus the days go

metronomically

like the tick tock

of a great clock

yet with time

never seeming to

move forward

nor ever stop

on this endless

back and forth

south to north

north to south

day after day

trip after trip

a modern Sisyphus

on the city bus

to and fro

so the days go.

                                            ~Ian Fletcher

                                             Cardiff, Wales