Brief Encounter By Terry Ireland

I was walking to the station To catch an early morning train Not a very nice day Dark with drizzly sort of rain When this voice beside me said Hi would you like a lift I'm not normally here at this time But they've gone and changed my shift I climbed into his car and we talked Of this and that and another Both of us slowly realising Neither knew the other He said goodbye on arrival And it was obvious to see Like me he was thinking Who the bloody hell was he?

Copyright Terry Ireland 2009

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