Usefulness
a still noon
frost hung in banners
and bells
that step and fade
down each
level crossing
crow-calls of rails
in the switch yard
clank and moan
and the long shudder of cars
coming together --
a train building itself
and me, walking home
with my hat off
just to listen
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under the influence of SB and Mary Oliver, though not living up to either. Don't like the title.
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“Junction” might work?
I love this!
Good writing title could be “rails in rain” Cheers Julian
The title “Usefulness” is growing on me, actually. I want a title for this one that’s a little more than a carry-handle. Something to suggest the emotional freight of the poem.
But I still doen’t think it’s quite right.