American Exorcism
Riding the American rails towards rebirth
hard & endless---deeply toilsome
never-ending lyrical boredom
a swinging pendulum on opium
turning hobo & riding the rails---an American exorcism
pent-up weariness painted anew
exceedingly liberal & already shrewd
shades of greens sickly suburban
how many connecting transits till the mountains?
luxurious rust---maddeningly under-crowded
underground palatially western & wretched
mostly sooty charcoal mcnally handy
johnny cash ring of fiery---magnanimously cranky
bruising & decayed
transcontinentally cumbersome & delayed
inexpensive but comparatively uneventful
dubiously decrepit---smoky, easily preventable
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