Skrzynecki @ Central Station, (1 Viewer)

[company_sin]

Hey all,

I did the HSC last year and am at Usyd doing a unit in political literature.

I was wondering if anybody here has a copy of "Immigrants at Central Station," as I'm hoping to use it for a discussion topic but need a copy urgently.

Help please?

Peace,

 

[chamelia]

Hope this helps......

It was sad to hear
The train's whistle this morning
At the railway station.
All night it had rained.
The air was crowded
With a dampness that slowly
Sank into our thoughts-
But we ate it all:
The silence, the cold, the benevolence
Of empty streets.

Time waited anxiously with us
Behind upturned collars
And space hemmed us
Against each other
Like cattle bought for the slaughter.

Families stood
With blankets and packed cases-
Keeping children by their sides,
Watching pigeons
That watched them.

But it was sad to hear
The train's whistle so suddenly-
To the right of our shoulders
Like a word of command.
The signal at the platform's end
Turned red and dropped
Like a guillotine-
Cutting us off from the space of eyesight

While time ran ahead
Along glistening tracks of steel.

 

[company_sin]

Thankyou oh so much!

 

[chamelia]

Your welcome. It did me a favour anyway by forcing me to get my Area of Study notes out and inspired me to study a bit.