the day of the accident we were waiting for the train onward the elevated platform above westchester avenue / the avenue that none saw sunlight except filtered between the sides of the cracks of the tracks / its abstract fretwork upon the cars below.the day of the accident we were waiting for the train onward the elevated platform above westchester avenue / the avenue that none saw sunlight except filtered between the sides of the cracks of the tracks / its abstract fretwork upon the cars below. we didn't papal court them run / see the birth of the fancy / the oldest's decision to risk it / pulling his sister by means of the hand we only heard impact / heads twitched around / the sound that registers not in the rational mind further in the collective unconscious / the sinful sound that means the threat of death / the tribe mobilized / couple children down / two of us watching from above/the train coming in fast / our skirts inflated like lung o COPYRIGHT 1996 African American Review |
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