between country and city homes

 

 

Platform Light

 

Between the last stair
and the first step down,
I carry both airs —
hay‑sweet and brick‑warm —
in the same breath.

 

The train waits,
engine ticking like a clock
that belongs to neither house,
and I stand in its glow,
already partway gone,
already halfway home.

 

 
 
 
 
 
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