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on the train into sunset
my history is so brittle
ephemeral and fleeting<\/p>

abandoned power lines
stand forgotten marching
forlornly along the tracks<\/p>

old splintered poles tired from
half a century have dropped their
wire burdens into the underbrush<\/p>

my eyes don\u2019t focus like they used
to so I lean back like these poles
trying to see the details<\/p>

afraid to touch the cable around
my ankles although I know
the charge is long gone<\/p>

     (First published in The Legendary, 2009)<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div>

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Letting God on the train into sunsetmy history is so brittleephemeral and fleeting abandoned power linesstand forgotten marchingforlornly along the tracks old splintered poles tired fromhalf a century have dropped theirwire burdens into the underbrush my eyes don\u2019t focus like they usedto so I lean back like these polestrying to see the details afraid to … <\/p>\n

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