I was busy packing boxes,
loading the moving van out front.
furniture was being moved
while for other things I'd hunt.

A neighbor came up to me
and I stopped to chat a while.
He then asked me, "Are you moving?"
and I couldn't help but smile.

The moment wasn't over yet
for, it was my turn to speak,
my words can be clever
but my smarts a little weak.

A bus pulled up beside the van,
the boy's mom nowhere in sight.
dropped him off in my care
While cars passed the stop sign's light.

The next car was stopped
so the bus could go its way,
it doesn't need explaining
when the word should be, "Obey!"

The look was of confusion
and stupid fell out his ear,
"The sign doesn't speak to me."
"Well, if I shout it can you hear?"

"Even if the sign was in your face
would you still drive on past?"
Then the boy's mom appeared
and she was going pretty fast.

There was a sudden, loud honk
and the sign flew in the air,
Why do they even bother
nobody seems to see it there?

I shook off the stupidity
that spread across our street,
the stop sign was destroyed
with bus driver looking beat.

The boy's mother picked it up
put it in the driver's hand,
some people need a brain slap
to help them clearly understand.

Before you place the blame
remember it isn't just a phase,
"DO NOT follow my example
because stupid spreads these days."