THE UNDERGROUND
BY JAY TIONG
Heat of dozens up your nose.
eyes that dart, roll and close.
At Piccadilly—frenzy.
At Swiss Cottage—empty.
Plain palettes of flesh,
blackened, sooted, nostrils no longer fresh.
You look nowhere now,
everywhere becoming slightly askew.
Shoved in, heel, toe and shin
you become the mass
unable to win.
If only you could connect,
faces of cotton you can’t protect.
An excess of detachment found
ever since.
Darkness beyond the carriage,
You long to imagine some great passage.
You’re under trapped under the immense above,
You’ve now clicked into a mind unplugged.