so I could shake it with the trains
my heart rattled in its ribcage
and then I fell away
death happens without trying
that I ran the rails at all
was death-defying
trains believe the pursuit of happiness
makes a monotonous sound
they pitied my seeing eyes
Douglas Richardson lives in Santa Ana with his wife, Jen, and cat, Wes. He is the founder of Weak Creature Press. He has been published in a few literary journals over the years and, in 2013, he won the Poetry Super Highway contest with his entry, “Notes from the Graveyard Shift.”
Excellent!
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