Outside Fargo, North Dakota

Along the sprawled body of the derailed Great Northern freight car, I strike a match slowly and lift it slowly. No wind.

Beyond town, three heavy white horses Wade all the way to their shoulders In a silo shadow.

Suddenly the freight car lurches. The door slams back, a man with a flashlight Calls me good evening. I nod as I write good evening, lonely And sick for home.

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