
Charing Cross Road, 1937 by Wolfgang Suschitzky
Turn on the light
What time is it, what day?
Thursday morning – 2:00 a.m.
Turning off the light
Falling asleep I dream
As the hours pass
Time expands,
Dilates
Accelerates,
Stops
Now… I’m out for a walk
Up the side of a mountain
Climbing, climbing
Higher and higher
The wind, whistles in my ears
The birds fly overhead,
Crows cawing, finches twittering
Echoing
Changing
As pebbles fall
It begins to rain
Great crystal drops run down a window pane
Puddles form in the streets
Flashing street-lights
Splashing in the cold blackness
Wet feet – numb, frozen
No Sir Walter
Missed the trolley…
Hear the siren …
The ferry leaves the dock
The tower clock
Tick, tick, ticks
Louder and louder
With a start, I wake-up
Turn on the light
What time is it, what day?
Thursday morning – 2:05 a.m.
Turning off the light ….
© G.s.k. ‘16