Tube Station

Read 'Tube Station' by 'A S J Tessimond' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

Tube Station by A S J Tessimond

 The tube lift mounts,
 sap in a stem,
And blossoms its load,
 a black, untidy rose.

The fountain of the escalator
 curls at the crest,
 breaks and scatters
A winnow of men,
 a sickle of dark spray.

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