London Trains
Underground poet with no talent
2 min readSep 14, 2023
Sitting in this station waiting for a train it’s warm today they say no chance of rain — my train is late so I must wait
in Starbucks
order americano
and try not to complain
face to face watching all the frowns tangled up on subway trains here in London Town
but I have a different point of view
why aren’t we doing things
that lovers always do
I’ve had enough of Paris, Munich, where people talk of love, Piaf, Rouen, Aznavour
not on underground trains
not even when it rains
there’s no time to explain
I’m looking for a space to think where I won’t sweat and need a drink — what kind of space?
One without a view
where I can build a poem
and send it home to you
