On The Road

ON THE ROAD

Her days spent in a void.
Shreds of reality
stripped and pared
into slivers of fantasy.
Bus station cafes
and amusement arcades:
an early start to catch the O.A.P.'s
shopping to spend their pension.
"Spare the price of a cuppa, will yer?"
She dreams of trips to far-flung places:
Rochdale or Rangoon,
equally remote and exotic.
As she dreams she realises
her loneliness.