Brief Encounter, by Adrian McRobb

On the train
she sat opposite
"this seat taken?"
she said...and smiled
she was from Coventry
Emily
we talked
about this and that

Much later
in the Hotel
she reminded me
what I had said...

"Do you really think I'm pretty?"
so I showed her again
she took some convincing
and stroked my face

Her hair tumbled
in a brown flood
across the pillow
she was so soft

I never saw her again
Emily
but always look
when I get on a train...