Edinburgh Waverley

travelling first class

missing the second class

conversation

Paul Conneally

Photograph: Edinburgh Waverley Train Staion - Paul Conneally 2013

Running The Rails

Late at night 

to early morning 

the train station 

Rodents run rails 

men in lines of fours, fives  

and against the rules

alone

Wrapped tight 

against the November cold 

an oil faced worker 

Marching up the down line 

he counts out loud 

bending periodically 

to spray paint a sleeper

Oh can you hear

the blowing of the whistle?

Paul Conneally

Loughborough 2013

One Upright Arm

We move together along the disused railway track towards the top of the Swannington Incline.

"Don't look the dog in the eyes. He don't like it"

one upright arm
sustains the cheek
come walk with me
when things go wrong
there's always the hedgerow

Paul Conneally 
2011
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