An hour after the dawn
An eastbound diesel train
Running through Long Island
The 8:18 to Montauk
Out of Jamaica___
Train’s top speed
60 mph
Sometimes 65___
Approaching Babylon
Sun creeping into the sky
A public park
A swimming pool
Empty of water and kids
Until
A winter blizzard buries Long Island___
And the snow melts
Partially filling the pool
Halfway___
Snow
Two months
AwayAhead
Of today
October 19___
A White Christmas
Maybe
But more maybe not
Montauk is not Buffalo
Wintah 2024___