The FAB&PP Poem of the Month for May 2008


they run down
the platform with
their odd gaits
half committed
because
they know
the train is
rolling
     [they can
     see it]
     but they
run against reason
and in the
face of their
own
ineffectiveness

each one stops at
a different moment
some just
steps away
and some
half-way down
while
others hump it
past them
     [back packs
     akimbo]
     knowing

they will never catch
the receding
conductor
peering
out the platform
door with
a steely
look just in
case

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