{"id":200,"date":"2025-01-28T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/onedgecreativearts\/?p=200"},"modified":"2025-01-14T10:20:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T10:20:25","slug":"6am-subway-by-elspeth-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/onedgecreativearts\/?p=200","title":{"rendered":"6AM @ Subway by elspeth read"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Originally Published 16\/09\/2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-secondary-bg-color-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-secondary-bg-color-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6AM @ Subway<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>by Elspeth Read<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the morning changing light of&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soft and blue florescent bulbs, the<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lines dividing science and fiction<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Become unfocused, hidden and faint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Time displacement, I find, is common<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When working alone, opening shift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shop becomes a portal to<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A greenish sort of Twilight Zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What sounds before I set aside as<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Background noise I&#8217;d normally tune out<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jump out at me from all sides,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I suppose the walls are hungry too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I guess Cthulhu wants a coffee,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Martians favour cookies most,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nosforatu needs his pepsi,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mothra wants a salad, &#8211; 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