Like file cabinets
tucked under overburdened
shelving units
beneath leaking drain pipes
that drip lives to be
ground and re-fed
(train train train)
accomplishments lie
like rust chips
ready to breed
tetanus or apathy.
Flabby red youths heave to,
wooden rubber dollies ease our
interventions
detoxifications
reorganizations
s-t-r-e-a-mlining,
and in the corner office
a wondrous filing derelict watches
old broken trains clatter
over old broken tracks.
Red powdered iron feeds the carpet,
spores fill my lungs,
despair stares back in flaking paint;
education is surely a wonder.
–
tjq
