gray faces of people in a bus

gray faces of people in a bus
i look up at them
i look up steering a cabrio
waiting for a green light
and they
look up at me
i mean
not down from the high windows of the bus
but up like i’m flying or something

jesus fucking christ
they know their place
whole life they have been taught
that they are down
under
below the level of worthiness

the soviet rule
stated that communist party leaders are upper class
cowboy capitalism
brought gangsters and businessmen
to the pedestal

now the real business people
bankers and real estate tycoons
stand on a mountain like moses
saying they led us through the sinai desert
and now
it’s time to pay for the services

hey you people in the bus
don’t you believe them
don’t you praise them
communists gangsters and businessmen
came with people

people
you guided yourselves

there was no moses
you chose each other to lead
and you went
and you ended up
in this bus next to my cabrio

people don’t you look up at me
and don’t you look down at me
just
look at me
we are on the same level