this view again

coldly attractive. 

hauntingly beautiful, 

this steel grey 

stiffened upright interface 

reflects dystopian engineering. 

high concrete walls 

allow graffiti 

unlike street art appeal 

to be viewed from windows 

of electric trains. 

mine, in-bound, mid-morning 

at signal monitored speeds 

adheres to schedules 

keeping passengers comfortably coherent. 

seasoned, these manufacturing sites

out-weather changing unemployment rates. 

finally, we arrive at its station 

the epi-centre of this industrial zone. 

no one steps down 

no one steps up

Geoffrey Aitken writes his awarded minimalist poetry in Adelaide [South Australia], on unceded Kaurna land, with a ‘lived experience’ for [AUS] & [UK, US, HR, CAN, Fr & CN]. Published recently at Macrame Lit & Mande Lit [US], Verge Anthology [AUS], STREETCAKE magazine, Underbelly Press [UK] and soon Meniscus Journal [AUS]. Nominated Best of the Net 2022.