Best Switchyard Poems

Railroad Lullaby  


I would rock myself gently
just enough to simulate
the rolling motion of the train,
imagining the click-clack of
weary iron wheels carrying me
off to some distant place,
someplace other than here.

Whistles from the distant switchyard
taunted me, lured my mind,
enticed me to run for the passing train
grab...

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