The Slopey Bench

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The Slopey Bench

What is it with the ‘Slopey bench’?

The ones that make your buttocks clench.

They’re at the bus stops, stations too,

what is it you’re supposed to do? 

How can you rest your weary legs

on a bench that slopes the question begs? 

And if you do attempt to park your bum,

you’ll find yourself, soon overcome,

sliding down to where you started

making noises like you farted.

And wishing for a better seat,

That’s less dependent on your feet.

So whose great idea was it to tease,

our aching backs and creaky knees?

With a bench that slopes, so you can’t sit,

for fear of sliding off of it?

Or is it because –  ‘it just looks neat’,

to provide an angle in the seat?

Perhaps its purpose is ‘ergonomic’

in delivering some form of tonic.

A designer’s crazy, abstract idea,

to distract us from the simple fear,

the train or bus is running late 

and on a bench we all must wait!