Raised letters on steel plates
bolted tiny corners
bottoms of railroad cars
tracks like stitches laid
across snowy wilted wilderness
their division never rejoins
imprints wedged on land
like stitches reunite
frayed tendons
or severed skin
more like body modification
on this day so drastic
a stark contrast
to white-out sky
or prickly bristles
hinting in the snow
raised letters across metal
signs blood dripping
making fresh indentions in the snow
tracking whereabouts
marking fresh prey
slipping from one vessel
to further destinations
excavating an endpoint
division eschewed
division driving outcome
despite itself
its final resting place
arrived at honestly
through flawed means
alone
MM 1.3.2024
