Almanac Poetry: ‘The Rattling Hush’ – Tommy Mallet
The Rattling Hush
A man sleeping opposite me
on the busy train
looks fascinating; about 60,
Serbian, maybe,
something Baltic,
yet has clearly Asian eyes,
and very British clothes.
I’m trying to piece him together,
heritage to backstory,
when he wakes, rubs his face,
and, with motion, becomes just
another commuter.
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I look at my fellow commuters a bit too much, Tommy. Sadly my thoughts are not quite as poetic, but I do wonder about them in a similar way. Great poem!