The daughter getting farther away in the Greyhound
Is beyond where I can imagine.
Interior running lights of phosphor-green
Show the shape of her head, reflected on glass
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I like this poem- it reminds me of traveling back and forth between home and college on school breaks- -sitting by a window watching the dark land pass by with the dark shapes of barns and trees rearing up against the not as dark sky. I never thought of this from my father's perspective- but I imagine he did try to see in his head what I might be doing at this or that moment. I enjoy poetry like this that makes me examine my own life with a wiser eye.
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I like this poem- it reminds me of traveling back and forth between home and college on school breaks- -sitting by a window watching the dark land pass by with the dark shapes of barns and trees rearing up against the not as dark sky. I never thought of this from my father's perspective- but I imagine he did try to see in his head what I might be doing at this or that moment. I enjoy poetry like this that makes me examine my own life with a wiser eye.