Returning Home Safely Isn't Nontrivial Poem by Mark Heathcote

The wheels on the bus there
all flat bust
all-flat bust
all-flat bust
the wheels on the bus there
all-flat bust
because some 'evil wacko' went nuts.

The people on the bus there
all dead or dying
all dead or dying
all dead or dying
the people on the bus there
all dead or dying.
Those who spoke to the media said it was horrifying.

The driver of the bus is crying.
in Beersheba, Israel
in Beersheba, Israel
in Beersheba, Israel
The driver of the bus. Now is crying-
in London's Tavistock Square
He said a life without limbs isn't just anti-personnel.

Witnesses reported seeing 'half a bus flying through the air.'
In London's Tavistock Square
In London's Tavistock Square
In London's Tavistock Square
Witnesses reported seeing 'half a bus flying through the air.'
Where there were half as many killed as in Beersheba, Israel,
Where a memorial stands for a hundred dead isn't nontrivial.

Life freedom of speech isn't nontrivial.
returning, home safely
returning, home safely
returning, home safely-
isn't nontrivial, neither is life nor is the right to live.
The right to return home safely.
Freedom of speech isn't nontrivial; these people wanted to live.