May 2025 Collage Poem: Recent Encounters
In the toxic basement locked a querulous dog
tethered to a bench speaks out
Grumbling robots put washing up
liquid in Grandpa’s pipe as the
trains come & the trains go
The space between the stars
I failed my Latin exam in the high dusty hall
the guy next to me kept asking
How soon is now? and What difference does it make?
I watched the trains come, I watched the trains go
The sorry coffee shirt says I can’t
See you now as the trains come then go away again
Frivolous book collectors on the toxic first
floor sharing their words no longer used
Nigel Astell
Sat 10th May 2025 00:58
They Come Then Go
Travelling to somewhere
Lines to follow
Tracks to connect
Train of thought
Arrives to complete.