Late night bus from Bolton
Calloused into a whisper
The loss of your love
Hangs around Moor Lane Station
Next to the market
Burying kisses
At the back of the town hall
Where once you shook Peter Kay’s hand
Into a pasture of love
Stretching past Sainsbury’s
Near the Sweet Green
With our love becoming shapes
Chipped by the moonlight
Clamped in the rain
Asthmatic in the silence
Of rail replacement buses
Just off Tynne Street
Next to the old GUS Building
And Barclays
And the Cattle Market
Just on Orlando Street
Flooding Blackhorse Street
In a headlight of emotion
Speaking against the wind
Like a annex trapped in a bubble
Preserving undated memories
Concaving multitudes
Over books of memories
Never to be seen again
Kissing goodbye
Once again in the rain.
(My submission for Best of Bolton 2015)
Martin Elder
Thu 8th Oct 2015 19:45
I like it Andy, particularly the first line 'calloused into a whisper'
Bolton bus station. I have passed through there many a time. I forgot all about the best of Bolton submissions, even after Jeff told me about them. Darn!