From Paisley to Glasgow Central, the train
Skipped o’er the rails, past local industry
(What’s left of it), and dropped me off again
Caught the connecting train immediately
From Platform 2 to Lancaster; then the
Few minutes’ wait for the train to Wigan
Made bearable by being able to see
The long pins of the gaggles of students
Gabbling and gobbling. Got off at Preston
And sat on a bench, finishing Iain
Banks’ novel, ‘The Bridge’ which forthrightly
Places the Forth Bridge in a location
Deep within the psyche; well-known terrain
Transformed into dreamscape of love and pain
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