one endless track
landscape
swiftly unveiled
lonely railroad crossings
streak by
scattered derelicts
of another era
amused
by their own
waterless filth
a conductor's hell
and playground
combined
pushing out
those who couldn't
wouldn't
pay pittance
to roam the plain's
longest rail
so few warnings
whistle the onslaught
of approaching disaster
no payment
means
no free ride
only diligence
remains
the truest dismissal
in one's deeper fears
of failure.......
(Feb.12,2000 9pm)