Wednesday, March 31, 2021

 


ALWAYS YOU’RE SURPRISED HOW MANY


Seeing that huge cargo ship

if that’s what it’s called

in the Suez Canal

makes you realize how

big a world it is 

with all those containers

on board

filled with things

for people.

Like seeing those photos 

from above a coal mine

with all those long trains next 

to one other

with cars identically filled 

with coal heading somewhere that

we don’t think about

sitting there watching our TVs.

You see it out your airplane window when 

you’re almost landing at night

at a big city airport when

the view is nothing but lights on in suburban homes

after suburban homes. And streetlights

on and on.


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