Drove me like a magnet
When I said, following you
onto the tracks,
"are these still in use?"
I hadn't expected you to say: "yes. but only sometimes."
"You can hear them from a long way off."
(the pilings seem to tremble but I know
it is only the water and my imagination)
---
Outside the men were talking
about tomatoes. How they are best
when they are late (august, september), brought to blush
in newspaper packages instead
of on the vine (when sun has been scarce,
and it seems it is often scarce in new england -- and you know, you once told me this summer
was exceptional).
---
That small, animal twitch
of your mouth.
onto the tracks,
"are these still in use?"
I hadn't expected you to say: "yes. but only sometimes."
"You can hear them from a long way off."
(the pilings seem to tremble but I know
it is only the water and my imagination)
---
Outside the men were talking
about tomatoes. How they are best
when they are late (august, september), brought to blush
in newspaper packages instead
of on the vine (when sun has been scarce,
and it seems it is often scarce in new england -- and you know, you once told me this summer
was exceptional).
---
That small, animal twitch
of your mouth.