RACING THE FREIGHT

on the “Southwest Chief”
somewhere in Missouri
flat as a pancake
brown as a cafe con leche
wooooooo-woo-wooooooooo
the freight blinks by
carbycarbycarbycarbycar
like an iron rail bound stutter
clackityclackityclackityclakityckack
then
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