Bound for Glory

Bound for Glory

this train of black boxcars

     raining

this rain on the too thin roof

this black boxcar blue

this graffiti blue

this hue of spray-can

this spray-can’t

     sign of times

this sign of signing

     this singing     this song

  along the rails     this wailing

of a failing America

(or is this how it works?)

this boxcar with my name on it

this train of our names

this signing

this signature

this bounced check

this stacked deck

this black cloud thunder

     under

this trestle as long as a life

this train

            this ride

                       this other side

~ Ralph Murre