The train pulls out of Bank Hall Station, bearing right, it snakes toward Sandhills.
High on the left, a brown brick wall stretches the length of Melrose Road above the
steep, densely overgrown embankment; crowning scree slopes of discarded cider bottles, burnt foil, syringes, composted nappies and sanitary towels.
Eight large rectangles of magnolia paint adorn a section close to the derelict cabin shop at the junction with Stanley Road.
Eight magnolia rectangles.
Five above.
Three below.
CLASS
WAR
The letters obliterated, long since rendered indistinguishable – only eight, uniform, magnolia rectangles visible to the officially classless commuters clattering below.