It's Still Life

The Railroad’s Cottages

Those railroad cottages with
endlessly long roof ridges,
chimney ash to rise and fall.

Living’s not easy by the rail-line.

Clotheslines with shirts drying.
Trouser legs frozen. A woman’s
crying heart drying in the cold.

And another train flashes its
rumbling noise across the window.

dVerse quadrille “ash”. 44-words sans title.  Images by Unsplash. Shared with @Experimentsinfc #APoemADay on Twitter   ©Misky 2021