Navigating the Tube,

the Underground from over ground,

by map which is quicker

than the journey

you plan to take

was once a joy, as it lead to

days out at Queens Park Rangers

or Arsenal or even down to the

Hammersmith Odeon to see you play, however

now I will be stretched for time

and it is only because

I have to get home

that I contemplate the Sunday dawdle

and the Thursday evening madness, otherwise

the bus, so I can see the route

with glee and the landmarks

that make London rich

and worth knowing in its history…

Pound wrote an elegy to the train

in the metro, seventeen words or less,

I can think of less,

The Tube might get you there,

however the bus doesn’t make you

a mole.

 

Ian D. Hall 2016