Creeps

Getting on the picadilly line at south kensington, because most of it is still shut down. I see the train approaching and it seems like a soldier that survived, still running dutifully, nearly empty.
Going in, I make an amazing discovery: pages from the Guardian, dated 07-07-05. It must have stayed there all this time. What was the G2 supplement carelessely examining that morning, what were some reading before those crazies blew up? It was a description of the $billions lost in Iraq by Bremer's CPA, the corruption, suitcases full of money...
In a very creepy and cynical way, it all made sense.