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Rolling down to London

Rolling down to london on a train,

the taught and shining buds

of Spring are bursting on the trees.

Wharfedale’s misted in a bluish haze,

but heaps of plastic refuse in the woods

on the drab periphery of Leeds

descend my mood from buoyancy to pain.

 

Rolling forwards now, the rape fields blaze

and blackthorns bloom with pearls,

resplendent in the boundary hedges

we...

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SOUTHERN ELECTRIC

rockabye lullaby

Southern Electric

in the dark

the sanctioning spark

Waterloo sunset

left behind

briefly forgotten

the daily grind

no man's land

of fretul speed

lives suspended

 commercial creed

rockabye lullaby

unholy ghost

dead man's handle

 the milepost.

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Natural Selection

Natural Selection

 

Outbound

 

I look at them

they look at me

through glassy eyes

that never see

we’ve shared this carriage

many years

never sharing

hopes or fears

I swiftly pass

the guarded gate

and check my watch

in case I’m late

despite producing

dog-eared ticket

the blank faced guardsman

doesn’t click it

I side ...

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