We Board the Train

from Northern Sketches by Gary Bunting

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We Board The Train

We board the train on a crisp January morning
A journey of two contrasting halves
The first inner city graffiti covered walls of abandoned mills
Those dark satanic mills to which Blake referred
Now abandoned or furniture outlets
Commuter apartments or department stores
The sun springs through the clouds
And, at around this time
We find that they’re filming a TV show about
The everyday train traveler
We don’t make the edit

We change trains at a gothic station built in the nineteenth century
Drink coffee, eat homemade scones and on we go
This isn’t a high speed journey though
We canter down the tracks, slipping through the wild moors
Gliding over the rails
Passing small outcast towns and miniature villages
Solitary farm houses
Dry stone walls like crumbling dust
Craggy hedgerows like cracks on the window pane

Finally we reach our destination
A one track quaint coastal station
The end of the line
A long but beautiful journey
We disembark
Weary and ready to eat
As the sun sets on the stalking gulls
Poking at lobster pots and boat decks
For scraps that the fishermen missed
We kiss
Take in the vista
Hustle through the tiny streets
Of a coastal town in winter
Huddled together
As one

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from Northern Sketches, released October 22, 2021

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