The FAB&PP Poem of the Month for April 1999
the tunnel jackers
freeze the ground
before them
the steam rising into
the late winter
air
from the ice
plants
imported from
freezewall
in rockaway
ziengenfuss'
drilling truck parked
at the headwall
as the jacks propel
the boxed roadway
ahead
into the
earth
the coolant pumps
humming
a note above the
commuter deisel
rumble
their blue/black pipes
threading the tracks
like pythons
with icy mantles
where they bend into
the ballast
on the way below
March 15-31, 1999
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