Ode to the Insomniac By Scott Rorrison

Summer

Pixelated spectres drift through the train station: Commuters going this way, and that, Lives filled with collecting bric a brac Stick in his soul Like insomnia Weighted sheets. Sleep is as far away As the feel of a good woman Waiting on platform two An imperfect silk thigh To run your fingers through, A tapestry of sighs Bronzed and perforated. How long have you waited? The hollow ghost song of the tannoy lady Mocks in rapt amusement. Trains are romantic. He enjoys watching the girls Especially the red-heads, And the way passing leaves Flicker the sun on-off On-off. Reminders of being slumped In a hollow room With a television he can't be bothered To turn off; Late night viewing The innocent miss Whilst snugly cocooned In a cool clean bed A dirty bed for a dirty boy The voice insists. The countryside subsides With his panic-attack, Replaced with mile upon mile Of tarmac, the need to reach Leeds by car

Copyright Scott Rorrison 2009

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