boston & maine
commuter train
can be heard far off
giving fair warning
of its approach

the clatter
of iron wheeels
over iron rail
the repeated
clang! clang! clang!
of the old fashioned bell
the eerie
dissonant fanfare
of the whistle
the boom and shudder
of the earth
as the train
thunders by

as i cross the tracks
after it has passed
i play the game
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that it's still there
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i'm walking through
as if i'm air
commuter carriages
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homeward bound
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i pass
from woods
into forest
from sleep
into dream...