Beside the Railway Tracks

I live beside the railway tracks

I can't abide human contact

I watch the trains go back and forth

From north to south, from south to north

Sometimes I catch a fleeting glimpse

A grey moustache, a pale blue rinse

A laughing child, a lovers' kiss

I turn my eyes away from this

I like to watch the usual things

They bring me joys things

To mantelpiece and picture frame

I'll finish these and start again

I live beside the railway tracks

I can't abide human contact

I watch the trains go back and forth

From north to south, from south to north

Sometimes I catch a fleeting glimpse

A grey moustache, a pale blue rinse

A laughing child, a lovers' kiss

I turn my eyes away from this