A Red Jello Placenta

Pitted and cratered like the moon.
Blood-red and wet-glistening.
Slick it slides out of the bowl with a
Suction-released shuck
Into the trashcan
Cherry topping on waste
It jiggles briefly, then is still
Now wasted.
An exercise gone wrong:
Impatience had made me stick the
steaming liquid into the freezer
so eager for the carnal Quick Fix
of processed sugar.
The Morning After
Charred flesh
Grizzled by frost
And defrosting it
Doesn’t undo
The Mistake

Union Station

Union station as it was being built

Train station in Buenos Aires
Gare du Nord - where I arrived when I visited Paris
I love this classic picture of Grand Central in NYC
Bikes outside of Station Centraal in Amsterdam
Passengers waiting in Mumbai

I read yesterday that the city is going to invest $176 million over the next 20 years to keep Toronto's station in a state of good repair. It does look pretty shabby these days. It needs loving. I felt like taking a look at other train stations around the world (I love the internet! That's correct - I do not own these pictures.)

There's something about the light in train stations that really gets to me.