Platform 9 Clapham Junction
It's here they leave me waiting. No hardship in this place
I always feel at home here though no familiar face
to greet me in this steamy room where travellers come and go
look up to see a TV screen a children's puppet show.
One end dingy benches where a couple kiss farewell
though chairs by the refreshment bar more suited to hotel.
At the counter young girl asks 'what would you like with tea'?
'A breakfast muffin' the reply, I have been up since 3.00.
'Have this seat' the young man says with a friendly smile
Football fan puts the sports papers in a pile.
Look through smeary windows safe from the icy rain
All too soon time to go here comes the Weymouth train.
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