Ghost Train Blues
chase mourning doves off rumble strips
cross the Little Miami
the taste of rain in Warren County
wetland jungles
count mayapples
count wild strawberries
blessed be mosquito’s
Adena burial mounds
2600 years sacred sleep
buffalo soldiers
waterfalls
a stop sign on
a cattle guard
a refuse pile
Roadsign
Jesus is the son of God
who the fuck
are you trying
to convince?
a woman seated
stretched across
two plastic chairs
the parking lot
of the Cordele Motel
a proud heritage
in agriculture
four kids
ride two paint ponies
one with a broken wrist
count mayapples
count wild strawberries
blessed be mosquito’s
Adena burial mounds
2600 years sacred sleep
buffalo soldiers
waterfalls
a stop sign on
a cattle guard
a refuse pile
Roadsign
Jesus is the son of God
who the fuck
are you trying
to convince?
a woman seated
stretched across
two plastic chairs
the parking lot
of the Cordele Motel
a proud heritage
in agriculture
four kids
ride two paint ponies
one with a broken wrist
strip mall Mexican restaurant
Taco Bell sign
lords over a
knee high wheat field
carnival rides
sleep in storage
shell of
a 40 Plymouth
stretched
on a trailer bed
hammer down
leap frog cars
from the passing lane
flicker of telephone poles
race the ghost train
--Jason Baldinger
Taco Bell sign
lords over a
knee high wheat field
carnival rides
sleep in storage
shell of
a 40 Plymouth
stretched
on a trailer bed
hammer down
leap frog cars
from the passing lane
flicker of telephone poles
race the ghost train
--Jason Baldinger
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