The Sand Hill Review               http://www.sandhillreview.org 2009

Waiting to Board the Train at Essex Junction

The town graveyard sits across the tracks

while one mile north the train has hit a car.

We breathe into our hands, attempt to relax

in the town graveyard which sits across the tracks.

Gray slabs push against the night, presenting facts

that form new lives. The engine’s light scars

the town graveyard that sits across the tracks

because just one mile north the train has hit a car.

Janice Dabney