Guest poetry post: "Ode to the Noisy Train"
[editor's note: Amy Freberg, the guest author of this post, is the Student Ambassador for the School of Social Work here at the ASU College of Public Programs. Her blog is at http://aafreberg.blogspot.com/.]
Ode to the Noisy Train
Inspired by Edward Jensen
I wait on the platform
With the heat of the summer
Dripping down the back of my neck.
I stand waiting.
Down the street as far as one can see
A metro train grows in the distance,
Lights flashing as a warning.
I stand waiting.
As it rolls up to the stop
I collect my things,
There is a pause before the doors open.
I stand waiting.
On entering I look for a seat
In this one-car-train,
None are to be found.
I stand waiting.
The train jolts into movement,
I try to keep my balance.
A noise explodes from somewhere below,
The sound of a new train in need of oil,
And I stand, Waiting.
YES!