Monthly Archives: January 2013

Tea Break

There are two hours and twenty minutes before I can go home, I see it stretched out before me like an eighteen lane motorway that has to be licked clean – broken glass swallowed, oil and diesel tasted in the … Continue reading

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Waterloo

The West of England line rattles with grimy carriages – decorated with paint splatters and torn newspapers. Across the Solent clattering its irregular rhythm that no one can follow. The Kent Coast carries the scent of the sea – honking … Continue reading

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Warm Up Your Engines

Cars frozen with zinc plate. Breath reaches out to the windows and steams up the rear-view-mirror. My mug sits on the dashboard cooling fast. Morning coffee steams, strong as leather. Outside the mountains crack apart with stretch marks in the … Continue reading

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