i wasn’t enjoying
the tram ride
anyway
an odd smell
coming from the vicinity
of a boy/girl couple
the girl just staring
around moodily
while the boy
sat behind and snarled
“i’m gonna beat that cunt up
in a second”
so it was a relief
to be rung up
and asked to return
to let a keyless co-worker
into the office
whereupon
afterwards
I lazily took a taxi
the driver watched the trams
pass us in the traffic
and said “it’d be faster
and cheaper to take a tram”
“mm” i replied
because I was
already thinking
guiltily
how on a warm afternoon
it was infinitely more
pleasurable
to rest my arm on the window
and watch the world pass me by
from the passenger seat
on the way home
where I had nothing
in particular to do
this friday evening.