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GRAHAM CATT

 

     madness

 

on and off and on

the shoplight flickers

like a nervous twitch

at the corner of my eye

 

the jammed cars creep forward

indicators tick off the seconds

I tap tap tap on the steering wheel

to the thud of the city’s heartbeat

 

stranded in the afternoon rush

an old man leans over a bin

mutters at the rubbish

his face clenched in anger

 

getting ready to fight

he takes off his coat

then puts it on again

off again, and then on