White shirts..
Thick suspenders.
Ties pulled tight.Hair ready
For the day.The forward motion
Of the commuter train
So quiet on the straightaway.Later, a sighting.
“They’re coming back,”
Tillie says.
“Get down. Now.”Wheels savage
On hard-pressed rails
A farthing from our heads.
December 2003
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