A lot of times
sitting alone
with a cigar
just thinking
can be
the most enlightening thing
as I listen
to the trains rumbling on
to their destinations
and many people
with nowhere to go
are flying along
to get there
in a royal hurry
while I just wait
for something to happen
and the cigar tastes
pretty good
but it doesn’t make
anything happen
while another train
I have somewhere to go
but I’m not
making much effort
to actually get there
I’m fairly content
to just sit here
and try to make smoke rings
that never quite work out
but the smoke rings
I try to blow
seem to be
going farther
than these fast trains
flying by all night long
anyway
5-6-98