if a train is going east at 140 MPH and
no
if a train is going east
if a train is going east and you are on it
fourth car
sixth seat
by the window
a coffee in one hand
the morning paper in the other
my heart in your carry-on
then you are going 140 MPH
east
in the wrong direction.
don’t tell me
we are passing trains
in the night.
we will not meet again
in some far-off station
the door sliding shut behind you
a gust of wind blowing you in my direction
flowers in my hand
hope in my eyes.
we are not passing trains
in the night.
if a train is going east
at 140 MPH
and you are on it
then…
i am the red-eye train rider,
forever looking in the wrong stations
for the right girl.
