assembled outside buildings, in car parks.
Sullen sky reflects in the puddles of recent rain.
Sirens streak the air and a silent ambulance
drives away blue lights flashing.
You climb aboard a train and sit down.
A woman unable to open the doors
swears in two languages.
People stand on the platform
hopeful, shut out, while
the carriages are coupled with a jolt.
You are leaving the city,
racing a tram for a moment,
passing graffiti-covered brick walls,
trees fiery with dying leaves,
tower blocks, signal gantries.
3 comments:
Beautiful - still room in your head for all these viviv images and allusions, despite everything.
KEEKS!
J - thanks
M - oh, I've no idea what that means!!
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