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Train journey jogging
and bumping
flashing cut-off scenes from
a corner’s eye
Stomach elevating up and down
swirl of cigarette smoke
suddenly
trapped by the draught
of the half-open window
the slowing down train station
and sounds of rushing water
Bishop’s Stortford for
Swanstead Airport,
Adverts for the red Audio 80
Or the McMullen beer
The slow change, a length of
steel
clip clop
of steel horses steel hooves
on rails
until, into sight
Red brick boxes topped
with yellow stained fingers
to entrap TV programs
Squares
Oblongs of all colors
moving steady speeds
the squeak of the final
stop!
and sudden
audible conversations.
Ezra Ben-Meir, History: #295, Nov. 1987, edited Oct. 1999
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