narrator

memory tube
[or: overwhelmed - or: memory burn
[anne carson, autobiography of red]]

the next station is [the canal, the bookshop, crowds on week-ends, g&t's after x-mas lunch till late] the next station is [i think there was a bus to j's place i once took from here] the next station is [sunny cafes, the bookshop] the next station is [ah yes i turn and look at it] sorry for this delay; this is due to a number of trains ahead of us approaching the next station [bagels and cakes on friday night, the 28 bus to j.'s place] mind the gap [mind the memory gap]

we had drunk and dined / half of the night

'mind the gap' [or just cross it]