23/06/2026
A man got on the bus this week with a boom box and generously decided we all needed his playlist.
The more I thought about it, the funnier it became.
What if I did that with my soundtrack?
Boom Box Bob is halfway through his playlist when the battery dies.
There is a moment of blessed silence across the bus.
Then suddenly...
🎵 "No means no..."
A woman near the front sits up a little straighter.
A tradie stares thoughtfully out the window.
Someone quietly cancels a lunch date they never wanted to attend.
Track two:
🎵 "I Am Moving On From The S**t Show Now..."
Three passengers spontaneously reassess a relationship.
The driver takes an early retirement package.
John, wherever he is, feels a mysterious disturbance in the Force.
🤣
Track three:
🎵 "Care Is Not a Theory..."
Two people call their mothers.
One person apologises.
A therapist somewhere gets an unexpected cancellation.
By now Boom Box Bob is looking nervous.
Track four:
🎵 "My Heart Bloomed Along the Way..."
The entire bus falls strangely quiet.
People gaze thoughtfully out the windows.
Someone notices a jacaranda tree they have driven past for years but never really seen.
A woman smiles at a stranger.
Nobody is entirely sure why.
💜
So no, I won't be bringing a boom box onto public transport any time soon.
But somewhere between Boom Box Bob, a bus ride, and a ridiculous conversation about what might happen if I did, a new song arrived.
Sometimes inspiration arrives in sacred places.
Sometimes it arrives on a bus with Boom Box Bob.
🎵 My Heart Bloomed Along the Way is now on YouTube.
Link in the Bio
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