Freight Train
by and published in Edition Eleven of Pomegranate
You wrote your name on a freight train.
You sprayed a metallic scenario
through the heavy haul snake. Flecks
of paint like cracked scales, one
on top of the other.
Your tag races
the length of the soundproof trees,
like harsh words
in glass bottles. Jolting around
unexpected corners
as young dancers in dark rooms.
You wrote your name on a freight train.
200 miles of steel
blaze with friction
flashing small parts of your
existence.
To track a life,
the click-clack of graffiti
like high speed calligraphy.
Cara Brennan
Cara Brennan is 20 and studies English Literature at Newcastle University. She is originally from North Yorkshire and only wears clothes of a floral print. Her poetry has been published in The Cadaverine and The Beat as well as being commended in the Aesthetica Works competition 2009.