The urban German sprawl quickly cooled as
it gladly threw off the heat of the day
like a toddler, shedding clothing
wanting to run free and naked.
A throwaway plastic cup tumbled
across the station platform, onto the tracks
caught by a stiff breeze from the train
that sped past.
The next one was mine
several minutes away yet.
A young couple is necking on a bench
overhead fluorescent lights are flickering
the strobe effect catches them with an
odd illumination, their passionate advances
seem almost robotic.
The smell of half eaten schnitzels and stale beer
wafts from a garbage can beside me
as I turn again, the necking couple is gone
stumbling up the steps, laughing
still engaged in amorous pleasantries
and I was thinking of the underground clubs
further down town and how I was to be
entertained by
the counter-culture with their raucous Iggy Pop
Clash gyrations and of course, the beer, I liked
German beer, always fresh and tasty but
very filling and speaking of filling…
my bladder is about to burst so, I duck down
the stairs, leading off the platform to relieve myself
in the dark, as my train arrives and I miss it…
because of a much needed piss, “Shit!”
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