I am the voyeuristic commuter

I gaze at your phone, your laptop computer

From behind you, your shoulder

From across the carriage

I note the labels

Attached to your baggage

I see each statement

View transactions online

Watch you re-enter the same pin

Time after time

I know where you were born

The name of your pet     

Which school you went to

When you and your fella first met

I can list standing orders and debits

How much; when set up

Such innocent words

The toys of the corrupt

You’ve shown me your likes on Facebook

Imparted your dislikes on Twitter

I know about the meds that you once took

I see what makes you so bitter

We could be together forever

And what’s yours is now mine

You may only realise in 18 months time

I’ll slide silently away as this journey ends

My new found identity... darkness descends