Boxcar Slates

 

Another bit of morning time,

I’d make that Nevada borderline.

Heard it said, you’re never lost

on these trails of lonely rail,

just haven’t got there yet.

But there is hope in the dream

that there is still more to dream.

When those cold chilly California winds

flush through the yawning cracks

in these old tawny boxcar slates,

carry to mind dreams long gone.

Guess that ole Nevada borderline

is just gonna hafta wait.

My home is all the colors of now,

and, oh, it is such a beautiful sound.

 

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J-C4113D's picture

The poem is full of beautiful

The poem is full of beautiful imagery, conveyed in a very unique tone, but those last two lines are supremely and beautifully joyous, and resonate long after the poem has been read.  I applaud this great accomplishment.  I think the last two lines belong in every library's quotation book.


J-Called

patriciajj's picture

Loving this vivid scene from

Loving this vivid scene from the life of a transient and free spirit: the loneliness, imagined vastness and the spontaneity as he decides to live in the moment. This is brilliant: "My home is all the colors of now

And, oh, it is such a beautiful sound"

allets's picture

Nice Image!

"My home is all the colors of now"