Ruth Quill

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I love being in a place long enough
to form an attachment to the public transport line
that brings me back to where I stay

call me Francis the train guy
but the Pågatågen and Victoria Line / kind dates who dropped me to my door
the 99 / a lift from a friend
the Lothian 26 / an artifact of home

and now after a long day
the sliding door of the 39a bus / my fence
the easy green of the U4 metro / my lawn
to my door, mine

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Ruth Quill is a Scottish poet and freelance artist based in Leith. Her writing is often inspired by childhood whimsy and play.

I wrote this poem while solo travelling in Austria, sitting on the Metro with my pocket journal that followed me around that trip. I was riding a high of having retired Google Maps and feeling a new sense of belonging in the city. I find I still go back to it now, to soothe myself when I am full of nerves about starting something new.