train travel
watsonia train
packed full of warm bodies
fitting the sizes around each other
like trying to fit the different shapes
of a jigsaw puzzle, an elbow here,
a corner there, a large blob fills
that space
but all careful not to touch
smell of smoke,
deodorised armpits,
undeodorised armpits,
raw food, foot odour rising
carbon dioxide accumulating
the next step in
human evolution
is photosynthesis
turning poison
into oxygen
each stop purges a few more
the puzzle reshaped and refitted
still, all careful not to touch