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The International

by James C. Morehead

 

passing amtrak shadowland

grey slums

                broken windows

                                       weathered graffiti

 

lone coughing teenager

hurls a stone

                   swears

missing the train

 

"next stop

               battle creek"

 

seven hours to go

batteries running low

but walkman's constant pounding

is little company

 

grey slums

                broken windows

                                       graffitied billboards

"lansing michigan"

 

noisy teenagers screech

squeeling a punctured plymouth

laughing

inches to spare

 

constant in-out passenger hustle

nameless faces that blend

until

                 a young girl

                 golden curls

            crystal turqoise eyes

             sits across the asle

catching my eyes each time they wander

                   and linger

                   and dream

            erasing the grey slums

             and broken windows

             that pass behind her

 

a painful conductor's whistle

                                        she's gone

 

in my wonder i fail to notice

 

"last stop

              toronto"

 

a cool breeze greets me

                                   alone

on the platform