Coal-Truck

for Gertrud Widmayer I am a coal-truck Carrying gold dust. Someone threw some Coal-dust upon My gold-dust. I am a coal-truck In a gold mine. Someone struck a coal vein And piled me full in vain. I am a coal-truck Covered in subterranean dust. Someone shovelled my soil And found an ancient bone All coiled. I am a coal-truck Waiting for the rain. The sun is my rail The night my shed. I am a coal-truck Rumbling all the way. Wash me in the rain-storm And fill me full of coke Until I choke. © T. Wignesan, 1957 - Pub. in "Forum Academicum", Heidelberg University, 1957 (from the collection: Tracks of a Tramp. Kuala Lumpur-Singapore: 1961)

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Poet Destroyer A

Date: 5/27/2012 2:08:00 PM

Lol... This was a fun poem...all the way to the end...enjoyed the poem....pd

T Wignesan
Date: 5/27/2012 3:04:00 PM

A legitimate response, even if other more serious reactions, too, may be well within line. Shouldn't ambiguity (the seven ambiguities?) be the intrinsic nature of creations? Glad you enjoyed the poem. Many thanks. EGWish - Wignesan