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Wednesday 4 May 2016

Disturbance

The youth sat at the back of the bus. Every other passenger on there was being subjected to his music.
He was wearing ridiculously oversized headphones and they could hear the thudding of a bass drum; the t-tsshhh, t-tsshhh of the hi-hat; and the bleepy, electronic melody. It sounded like an 80s video game song with percussion.
Everyone took it in turns to stare at the youth with disapproval, but he didn't care. They could probably hear it better than he could anyway, as his constant consumption of high-volume music had rendered him almost totally deaf.
The driver looked in his mirror at the young man. The music was annoying him to the point where his driving had become aggressive and unsafe. His foot pressed down the accelerator and he ground his teeth tightly together.
The button was pressed and the bell dinged. A couple of passengers made their way towards the door. The bus continued to accelerate and missed the stop.
"Excuse me..." started one of the would-be disembarkees.
"Fuck off!" screamed the driver.
He deviated from his route sightly as he swerved at speed to avoid a cyclist and ended up in the canal.
As the bus filled with water the music still played.

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