Monday, March 18, 2013

As the embankment thaws


As the embankment thaws
So the train sounds
Cutting through this deep
Shed of ice and winter
Apples

All the sleepers
In wood
Groan
In warning
Stretches

The chore
Of cutting
Beats a rail
From backward
Kneeling rushes









Tom McGlynn
copyright 2013

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