Goodbye trains.
Nov 01, 2012Goodbye “news” Goodbye frowns Shuffles, sneezes, ups and downs.
Whirring, creeping, trembling, bleeping, Goodbye life-snapshots and sleeping. Goodbye carriage smell at night Hazy vision, filtered light.
A screen a book, a downward stare Quick run through make-up, dress and hair.
Goodbye everyone together. Different fabric stitched the same. Goodbye announcers bored of saying: “We’re sorry we’ve delayed this train.”
Goodbye couples never talking. Though phone calls out are always loud. Goodbye dreams of brief encounters. Take those seats? Are we allowed?
Goodbye home in endless stations, Places passed but never grasped. Goodbye sliding doors escaping Goodbye one-track rhyming trains.