Friday, September 17, 2004

Changing At Clapham

When I was eighteen I studied English Literature at University. I didn't do many things that most students do (The Ex saw to that) but I did write bad poetry.

I used to sit on a platform at Clapham Junction and look at people passing by, imagining their lives and writing about them. The thing about Clapham Junction is that it isn't really a destination in its own right, its a place where people change trains, a place that people pass through.

So if anyone passed through Clapham 14 years ago and saw an intense looking kid staring at them... sorry.

And now I'm sitting at Gatwick Airport North Terminal, looking at people, and for the first time in 14 years I'm feeling the urge to write some bad poetry.

Time to get on the plane.