Ignition on and
Straight away switch on the radio
Down a cramped street
Next to the railway line, clattering
Loudly through single glazed windows
Dull February
Or maybe December before it snowed so much
Bridge to the other side
Then a turn away from convenience
To spend my commute
In the company of the Tyne
Sage sat on the bank
Glancing east at the Baltic
At a red light
Newcastle's industry hums overhead
I repeat the song again
Waiting in traffic on the way
To have fun pretending to be
Other people
In a city
I had never set foot in
With a car made before I was
And Blondie
There have been since
Fewer
Exquisite banquets of time.
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