First Line: HERE ON THE WEST EDGE, THE TOWN TURNED ITS BACK ON THE WEST Last Line: A SWITCH WITH RED EYES WIPES ITS MOUTH WITH A SLEEVE Subject(s): RAILROADS; TRAVEL; WEST (U.S.);
Poem Sources:
THE GREAT MACHINES; POEMS AND SONGS OF THE AMERICAN RAILROAD. HEDIN, ROBERT (ED.) (1996)