The railroad trestle over the creek<\/p>\n
is finally coming down<\/p>\n
after being abandoned decades ago<\/p>\n
It leads nowhere<\/p>\n
with a cutoff front and back<\/p>\n
Like some behemoth in its death throes<\/p>\n
it moans<\/p>\n
it creaks<\/p>\n
it undulates<\/p>\n
it leans<\/p>\n
The years have<\/p>\n
shifted its spine of metal and wood<\/p>\n
into an unsteady unstable and shifting scoliosis<\/p>\n
There will be no formal burial<\/p>\n
or reconstruction in a museum<\/p>\n
after it has been removed<\/p>\n
piece by piece<\/p>\n
Like all human creations<\/p>\n
it was not made to last<\/p>\n
forever<\/p>\n
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