with apologies to Banjo Paterson

This morning's commute interpreted through the medium of Twitter:

Manchester gridlocked by Tory conference road closures. Learning Polish swearwords from bus driver dealing with van drivers cutting in.

Half a block and some minutes later:

there was movement at the station, for the word had got around, that a bus from Piccadilly had got away

and had joined the free range traffic - he was worth a thousand hours - so all the stranded travellers tried to board

all the tried and noted riders from the stations near and far, had mustered at their bus stops overnight

for the commuters love hard riding where the free range buses are, and the smartphone snuffs the WiFi with delight

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