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Traintracks to Baltimore

April 15, 2024
By Perseph BRONZE, Lafayette, California
Perseph BRONZE, Lafayette, California
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On cold summer days

when the Baltimore tramlines

were frosted closed


we would sit on the tracks

and pretend we were skating on ice

waiting for the zamboni to come,

scraping the traces of our existence

off of the metal runways.


Now we live in hot winter seasons,

and you stand on concrete platforms,

waiting for the HH-P8 train. 


The author's comments:

"Persephone Quine is a 15-year-old Author and aspiring poet from the UK, though she wakes up every day to the sunny sky of California. You'll find her work published in school newspapers, in an international collection, and receiving local awards. When she isn't inking some sort of phrase into existence, she's advocating for beginner programs in her school's art programs. Otherwise, you can find her listening to Chase Petra, baking her heart out, or trying in vain to figure out what prose syntax is."


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