RICHARD PERRY: "RUBICON, DICHOTOMY"

Born in Scotland and lived in Iran and London

RUBICON

You ask: was there grief on the veldt?

A leopard stalked us.

We saw it through the tall grass.

It charged.

We fled.

She tripped.

And fell.

I turned.

Its jaws closed upon her neck.

RICHARD PERRY: "THE WOMAN ON THE TRAIN"

Born in Scotland and lived in Iran and London.

The Woman On The Train

Underground!

    In a tube within a tube, people sped through the dark, oblivious to the traffic and the weather on the surface.  In the rush hour, if the system was functioning properly, trains followed each other in quick succession, one pulling out of a station as the next pulled in, each packed with passengers, disgorging then embarking, transporting them in swaying, rattling discomfort, to and from work and home.