Graffiti
Duncan Forbes
A would-be graffiti artist
who dislikes vandalism,
I read on a white Thames Water van
the words Together let’s beat the drought
Ask driver for details
and I want to Tippex out
the d of driver.
Likewise at Reading Station
I should like to add some letters
to the lit-up signs
so they announce the town’s arrival
as DREADING READING SPREADING
all the way down the platform
DREADING READING SPREADING
from London to Penzance.
Reading is a town in the valley of the River Thames in Berkshire, not far from London. It lies on the railway line between London and the west of England.
