Troglodyte
Troglodyte
Feel the pressing blast of tunnel warmth,
Read the last dishonest billboard line,
Hear the building electronic whine,
Smell the fetid, dense, metallic fumes,
See the tired, pallid, neutral faces,
Taste the oil and dirt and sweat,
Touch the greasy, yellow plastic pole,
Climb the furrowed, shiny moving stairs,
Gulp the noisy city air in heaving, tortured lungs,
And dive again.
Written on the Jubilee line between Green Park and Waterloo Station after a good lunch, 18.7.07
Feel the pressing blast of tunnel warmth,
Read the last dishonest billboard line,
Hear the building electronic whine,
Smell the fetid, dense, metallic fumes,
See the tired, pallid, neutral faces,
Taste the oil and dirt and sweat,
Touch the greasy, yellow plastic pole,
Climb the furrowed, shiny moving stairs,
Gulp the noisy city air in heaving, tortured lungs,
And dive again.
Written on the Jubilee line between Green Park and Waterloo Station after a good lunch, 18.7.07
Labels: billboard line, electronic whine, Green Park, Jubillee line, tortured lungs, Troglodyte, Waterloo Station
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