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TRACK

am always asked
“am I
on the right track?”

you are asking this

of one

whose recurrent
anxiety dream is
being without
a ticket
on the wrong train

didn’t realize that this
was a message about
your dream
as much as it was
about my
inhibiting anxieties

when it comes to this business
clear from the start
catch
the wrong train
relax go
with the ride

flow is the direction
the only
direction

and when
       the train
         shuffles into the station
at this
    strange destination

place where
you need to be
and can

rip
up the track