Looking Glass World


Inside I’m alone
Save for my reflection
In the windowpane
They wait for me to go
Away with bated breath
On the nape of my neck

Inside, looking out
Streetlights flicker onto red
Silent rain begins to fall
Matchstick people spill and flow
Fleeing now to matchbox cars
Engines purr and tyres grind

I’m here in the dry
I see other sides
The rest of the world is behind.


© Martin Slidel 2018 (1985) 




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