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You are not alone (Metrorail style)<\/p>\n
You are not alone
\nbetween your place
\nand the next in life
\nin the middle of<\/p>\n
You are not alone
\nat the mercy of
\nthe public transport system
\nbetween Metro stations
\nNdabeni and Maitland<\/p>\n
You are not alone
\nin hearing no apology
\nfor any inconvenience
\nthis may have caused
\n(and no journalist is in sight)<\/p>\n
You are not alone
\ncommuters evacuate
\nbraving the quick drop
\nfrom carriage to ground
\n(many do a cancer-stick first)<\/p>\n
You are not alone
\nme now Bellville-bound
\nin another cattle-truck
\na Book Launch out UWC-way<\/p>\n
(\u201cFeminist Popular Education
\nin Transnational Debates\u201d
\ntrying to change the world)<\/p>\n
You are not alone
\na differently-accented traveller
\nnow at the raw end of
\nMetro\u2019s Protection Services
\nchecking commuters\u2019 tickets<\/p>\n
What might scholar-activists
\nand adult and popular educators
\nreflect on life Metrorail-style
\n\u201cin the grand narratives of revolutions\u201d<\/p>\n
You are not alone
\nor are you<\/p>\n
(I wend my by now weary way to the university campus, courtesy of what is politely called a \u201cpublic transport system\u201d, 5 May 2012. A journey of Lifelong Learning, I suppose!)<\/p>\n