Red

Buildings through the country have been lighting up red in support of live performing artists who, at this time, have nowhere, apart from online, to perform.
Since I can’t light up my building, I have turned myself red.

Yesterday in Aberdeen because of a freak storm, a train was derailed, with some carriages sliding down an embankment. Three people were killed, including the neighbour of somebody I know.

Here is a piece I wrote about it.

6.30 Train

Union Square
Early morning
Barely awake
Snatched a quick breakfast
Running to catch tomorrow before it gets away
Running to catch the train
Running to avoid the rain
Clickety Clack
Clickety Clack
Clickety Clack
Checking if you have your mask
Leaving lockdown city
Returning to your work
The sky is grey
The sky is pretty
Thinking of your wife
Your life
Your kids at home
Back to school for the first time
You wife alone
For the first time in months
The tiredness of this time of the morning
The sadness of travelling alone
From the lockdown zone
The meeting after lunch
A hunch,
It will be a breeze
As the trees whizz by
You try to rest
But your mind is elsewhere
The meeting after lunch
Lunch.
Ha!
No booking made for lunch
Just the sandwiches in your bag
If they last that long

Cove
Check
Portlethen
Check
Newtonhill
Check
Stonehaven
Check
Montrose…