Gone are the days
Of working for the
Southern Pacific Company
Based in San Francisco
As a brakeman or
Baggage handler
Oil stained jeans
Ragged leather jacket
Brown leather work gloves
Pocket watch & note book
Half packet of black cats
Scuffed brown boots
Fragile string holding
The boots together….
The track ahead
Twists as a mirage
A snake into the
Distant horizon…