Westbound
A picture’s worth a thousand words
Screaming to be spoken
Flowers and chocolate say hello
My aching heart is broken
Painted word pictures
Of flowers framed in chocolate
Read on a train by men down on their luck
Clatter of rail ends enjoining on ties
Providing a background of rhythm for lies
Hearing a melody humming along
Painted word pictures becoming a song
Memories of good times and battered old trucks
Bottles in bags and an old deck of cards
Sardines and crackers and light from the yards
They joke with each other to know they’re not dead
Five men all riding a roll away bed
Copyright © Donald Meikle | Year Posted 2005
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