- Gary Hunter
When it’s Time - June 11, 2021
I watch them on the train,
the one without stations,
facing forward in seats
next to glass-plated windows
Older passengers, wherever they
are going, shoot warm wrinkled eyes at me
as they speed by, in accommodations
nicely-classed for pleasure and comfort
Makes me wish that someday soon
I’ll retire my weird pursuits, stop running the rails, jump on board and, for a change,
just enjoy the last part of my journey