TUBE

TUBE

each day each way

a corridor of crisis.

net generated precedence

for the time constrained.

and the news the views

are almost real

in this text fed medium.

I am my neighbour’s story

reading over her shoulder

until the freesheet drops,

  her fingers fidgeting

      as if drug scandals

           and war scandals

            and celebrity scandals

could leave residues for skin to absorb.

each day, each way

a corridor in crisis.