Monday, August 26, 2019

12,042. GARMENTS OF THE PAST

GARMENTS OF THE PAST
One day I had an idea. And
the the next day it was gone.
What lingers? It can't really
be a memory, can it, of 
something that never existed 
in the first place? My eyes
tried to focus on an answer.
Is that something eyes do?
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I wallow in the past like
porkers do in mud. Never
wanting to leave. Heck, I
want to live forever, but in
the things that used to be.
Not this at all. 
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The railroad magnate still
thinks he's a king. That 
Vanderbilt guy; I'll show 
him a thing. Or two. How
fast time flies when every
town's on a different clock.
How there's nowhere for 
people to freshen or pee
at that whistle-stop.
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What is all this? And my God
how things have to change.

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