two prolonged,
one brief,
one prolonged;

dissonance of the whistle looms.
train loses haste as it advances
towards a crossing; rails bend beneath
locomotives? load as boxcars rumble
in the rear, coalescing in eerie screeches.

two prolonged,
one brief;

louder now, the whistle booms.
against the train splash red flashes;
exposing its boxcars sheathed
in glorious graffiti as they tumble
into the yard, another point reached.

two brief;

in its business it?s too blurry to assume
that there is beauty that clashes
with the boxcars coal and grease,
but as it slows and bends and fumbles
to its destination, man-made art leaps!