\u201cAs die bus stop, moet julle klaar gegroet wees en net handbagasie kry en inklim, sodat julle tussen die wiele kan sitplek kry,\u201d maan allerliefste. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Google het glo raad oor waar om te sit vir die gemaklikste rit, vriende, doemprofete, gelukkige busryers asook ongelukkige busryers. Padkos is met omsigtigheid ingepak, onnodige maagbewegings is beperk tot voor breekpunt, en vloeistof vir hidrasie en persoonlikheid (\u2019n mens verloor dit as jy dors is) is ingepak. Elkeen op sy plek, pille d\u00e1\u00e1r, dit dek alle siektes bekend en onbekend, handeroom hi\u00e9r, sanitizer <\/i>in di\u00e9 hoek, en maskers, nodig of onnodig, kry ook \u2019n l\u00eaplek. Klere, warm en koud, word oor die arm gedra \u2013 voorsiening word vir elke gebeurlikheid gemaak. Selfs \u2019n breiwerkie word ingepak en selfone word gelaai en weer gelaai; \u2019n mens moet dubbeld seker maak. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gedagtes \u2013 party onrealisties vergesog en \u2019n sterk moontlikheid \u2013 kan, sonder vrees vir weerstand, voorspel word in hierdie land van ons. Die noodlot was ons egter een voor, want ons het nooit d\u00e1\u00e1raan gedink nie!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHier kom die bus!\u201d roep allerliefste. Handbagasie word gegryp, ons omarm mekaar, en in \u2019n paar sekondes huil ons ons liggame leeg van enige vloeistof. Beloftes van weer kom is die enigste yl troos. Die bus is vroeg en ons is dankbaar vir openbare vervoer wat \u201cwerk\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Besadig kom Piet en Anina teruggestap \u2013 dis nie hul bus nie. Ons kyk mekaar aan en raak dors n\u00e1 al die verlore vloeistof wat weer hervul moet word. \u201cHier kom julle bus!\u201d roep allerliefste. Vir baiekeer sal ons hom so hoor roep en dan kom Piet en Anina maar net weer teruggestap. Ons raak ook naderhand slim en arrogant en gaan hoor eers by die kondukteur waarheen sy bus gaan voor ons vreeslik begin groet. \u201cEk begin nou gewoond raak hieraan. Ek huil al minder,\u201d lag Anina toe sy, soos ons dink, vir laas groet. Joan Hambidge praat nie verniet oor \u201cdie buigsaamheid van verdriet\u201d nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die bus is nou al \u2019n uur en \u2019n half laat. Bus 20 gee hoop. \u201cDie bus gaan Oos-Londen toe,\u201d skree my allerliefste verlig en ons groet besadig, versigtig om te vertrou. Die noodlot het \u2019n sin vir humor, ontdek ek toe ongevraag. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ja, die bus gaan Oos-Londen toe, maar hul name is nie op die lys nie. Die verwerking van hierdie inligting neem \u2019n tydjie. Ons vra die lys; miskien is hul van verkeerd gespel of iets, enigiets, net om \u2019n bus te kry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Intussen staan daar \u2019n bus \u2019n entjie daarvandaan al \u2019n geruime tydjie, maar ons skakel dit uit as \u2019n Oos-Londen-bus, vir die eenvoudige rede dat die busse nie so lank staan voordat hulle ry nie. My allerliefste met sy seldsame praktiese insig besluit toe maar, n\u00e1 die teleurstellende nuus dat hul name wel nie op die lys is nie, om maar tog die kondukteur te gaan vra waarheen hy gaan. En wragtag! Hy gaan Oos-Londen toe, maar wag vir twee passasiers. Ons gryp die lys ongeduldig, kry hul name \u2013 met hul van reg gespel \u2013 en skielik is ware afskeid op ons lippe. Ons groet di\u00e9 keer sonder \u2019n enkele traan en geen huilkonsert. Verlep staar ons die bus agterna. \u201cHet jy gesien hulle sit op die wiele?\u201d vra allerliefste, blykbaar die slegste plek op die bus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ons wag ook maar so vir die bus van 2023. Met uiterste nougesetheid en onoortreflike toewyding beplan ons vir die jaar, begroot herhaaldelik en met groot moeite om nie iets uit te laat nie, vir die onvoorsiene met die skat van ervaring van die vorige jaar, maal, plus, deel ons onverpoosd voort. Minus hang soos \u2019n dreigende swaard oor die som.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die Organisator se bus se lys is barmhartig, vergewensgesind, liefdevol, met wysheid en deernis opgestel; Sy o\u00eb gesluit toe Hy die lys opstel, want Hy ken jou. Kostes is reeds betaal, jare gelede al, en die beste sitplek op di\u00e9 bus is enige sitplek! Jy moet net self op die bus kom. Blykbaar is die veeleisendste gedeelte om jou onbespreekte sitplek, alhoewel gereserveer slegs vir jou, te kry. Jy sal nie medikasie nodig h\u00ea nie, jou trane sal vreugdetrane wees en jou van sal reg gespel wees. Die uitdaging l\u00ea daarin om die regte bus te kry en onderskeid te maak tussen al die onopregte en onderduimse swendelaars wat met behendige manipulasie van jou menswees verwoesting saai. Dit laat jou verward en verbysterd agter. Oppervlakkige boodskapdraers wat maklik weens hul sjarmantheid vertrou kan word, kan jou jou sitplek op die bus kos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mense wat saam met jou op hierdie bus reis, sal jou die visarend in die boom wys, sonsopkoms op die berg waardeer omdat dit die beloftes van die dag gaan volbring, en saans sal die sterrebeeld jou televisie wees terwyl jy vreedsaam na Opperman se liefdesgedigte luister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2019n Jasmyn plant in jou tuin in 2023 wat haar parfuum van hoop oor alles en almal giet, gratis en sonder ophou, is dalk \u2019n gegewe. \u2019n Herinnering van geur wat s\u00ea: \u201cAlles sal oukei wees.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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