A haggard couple stumble down the dirt road to the station
Stand at the boomgates
As I board the train
Late train whistles as it glides by the prison
Lights on in the windows of each cell
We stare across at each other through the trees
Late train nearly back in the city
Slides across the river
It’s pitch black underneath
Late train comes into the station
Hear the metal warble
In the cold, wet air
Tristan Peach
Tristan Peach is a Melbourne-based singer, songwriter and poet. He has dabbled in various pursuits including politics, tree planting and town planning. His first foray into the publishing world was writing opinion pieces for newspapers as a public transport activist in Brisbane. He won the Sydney Road Story in the Sydney Road Brunswick Association Writer's Contest, 2013. A compilation of his songs, recorded as “Vulpine Choir,” were released by Spanish record label, discosdekirlian in 2016. He currently writes and performs with Melbourne band, “The Small Intestines” and continues his part-time poetry.
