Veronicas is standing on a quiet underground platform<\/p>\n
Waiting for a train<\/p>\n
The platform is crescent shaped and she is alone<\/p>\n
Apart from a drunken sailor<\/p>\n
Who is waving at a rum poster<\/p>\n
On the wall opposite<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
This is the evening of the<\/p>\n
World Cup<\/p>\n
Semi-Final<\/p>\n
Between<\/p>\n
England and Spain<\/p>\n
Men have ceased to exist<\/p>\n
This vacancy pleases her<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The sailor approaches<\/p>\n
I have been waving at that rum girl but she does not wave back <\/i><\/p>\n
That is because you have been waving at a poster <\/i><\/p>\n
Posters are not known for their emotions <\/i><\/p>\n
Why is everything red? <\/i><\/p>\n
What are the scores?<\/i><\/p>\n
I should be on my ship <\/i><\/p>\n
On the way to the Azores <\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
Veronicas hears a distant rumble<\/p>\n
The train is near<\/p>\n
It bursts into the station<\/p>\n
With the driver leaning out his cab window<\/p>\n
England have just scored it is now 2-1 with only six minutes to go <\/i><\/p>\n
He shouts above the noise of the braking train<\/p>\n
The drunken sailor stumbles into the nearest carriage<\/p>\n
But Veronicas does not move<\/p>\n
As she lives on this platform<\/p>\n
And has done so for many years<\/p>\n
She is no ghost but finds it increasingly difficult to leave the station<\/p>\n
And has accepted that this is a common hazard<\/p>\n
In circular stations positioned underground<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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