Here to There
I said it over and over again
Its meaning got lost but I went on
It came back and larger
The train goes in and out of darkness
The train goes in and out of the earth
The train crawls the train flies
The doors flap open like gills
The conductor with his hands on the switches
The train marks the boundary of the earth
Then remakes it
Turns around, no, goes backward
All the way home
Walking one day, you come upon yourself
Please be of sound mind for me
Be impersonal be interpersonal
Be a personage or a personality
And don’t insult my intelligence
My dignity is tied to the stake
| Elizabeth Clark Wessel |
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