Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Track Work, Late Night


You were
mining out the garbage
of trash fires
like violence

your lamp was
of seven year old camps
jars of bugs and the grass in them
as habitat

and the nightwear of sisters
advertising disney
staying up with the fathers
too cold to sleep

We left CD-R's
and the Daily News
and Health Valley pancakes
on the line

our sparks made your wage
and your living was
our litter

the train intrudes
a downed lighthouse screeching
the rats scatter
then, a rush of drunkards

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