slide #6

[slide of train tracks running through soledad canyon]

wind whistling on the winding road
past ugly shrub mountains through
which the desert railroad spans
56 miles, diesel freights to and fro
on this empty track, often
at night in the quiet and cool.
the metro has replaced them to
carry commuters from Los Angeles
to Antelope Valley. you were in the
open sun on those tracks, but why?
no train was coming, ju…