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Global warming

Rob Cullen
Resistance Poetry
Published in
3 min readDec 13, 2020

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The riding of skateboards on the platform

is prohibited under the Railways Act regulation 30.

The person may be prosecuted.

If you see anything suspicious spot it, bin it, sort it.

The tidal bore rose along the tracks

Between platforms four and five,

water seeped over the rails,

rafts of bladder rack,

moved in on the tide

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The height of the tidal bore,

took everyone standing,

on platform five by surprise

some smiled.

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The crowd of surfers grinned,

surfboards in hand waiting,

for the wave to crest,

and then dive in.

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Dolphins dived in and out,

as the water deepened,

and the tidal bore grew.

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The recorded voice of the station announcer,

said once again.

“If you see anything suspicious

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Rob Cullen
Resistance Poetry

Rob Cullen artist, writer, poet, artist — admires Lorca, the view of my garden, the thoughts of my sheepdog. Likes cooking what I grow. www.celfypridd.co.uk