Throw One Under the Bus

A Year of Poems: Day Three Hundred and Forty-Three

Diane Zoller-Ciatto
Everywhere you go
Someone is under this bus
On Big Brother and Survivor
This phrase almost made me cuss!

Where is this bus anyway?
A yellow school bus perhaps
Or the one in the movie Speed
Or a Greyhound where people take naps!

So all I ask; and you politicians too
Is to find a new expression
Take that negativity away
And find one that leaves a better impression!!

By JerseyNana

Published by Diane Zoller-Ciatto - Featured Television Contributor

Most recognize me as JerseyNana, I love being a freelance writer and poet. Avid lover of family and friends of all ages. Enjoy being a baby boomer, a conservative thinker and unapologetically American.  View profile

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  • Sandy Rothra12/14/2010

    Agree.

  • Kim Keason12/14/2010

    I don't think you can spin this positively. Anything I can come up with to replace it is even worse than a bus!

  • Sheri Fresonke Harper12/13/2010

    lol:)

  • Jolynne M Hudnell12/11/2010

    Great job! I haven't heard it before, but I can imagine it would be grating to hear over and over!

  • rmharrington12/10/2010

    Now that is one phrase that we need to "throw under the bus". Smiles.

  • Lorraine Yapps Cohen12/10/2010

    This must be a "Jersey" expression. That, or one repeated by those who watch too much TV. In either case, I agree with you and you won't hear it ever from me!

  • TRESA PATTERSON12/10/2010

    very nicely expressed, Diane--this mentality gets us nowhere!

  • Sivaramakrishnan Ananthanarayanan12/10/2010

    We do need to weed out those that do not sound good. I normally use "made a scapegoat". But tough to get them out of the system, but Nana, you already have so many backers! siva

  • Abby Greenhill12/10/2010

    I agree, it's silly.

  • Tara M. Clapper12/9/2010

    Good idea!!!

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