Keeping with Pamelas railroad theme: THE HOBO RIDE By Gloria Keeley the night railroad holds sleepers each with their own dreams the train in the rain whistles lonely on skinny rails rolling the canyons boxcars hold card games flickering lanterns lend credence to the kings and queens corn stalks the land nests dry in the moonlight grass grows around baby birds beaks red from cherries fed by their mothers the early morning breeze ripples the fish-full pond the hobo rides the freight after tramping the yards the main line tunnel where souls are hidden spoon the smokestack veins indians set ears to ground sense the ancient rumble riding down the double E’s
Posted on: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 22:56:28 +0000
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