The train whistle still wails its ancient sound


but when it goes away, shrinking back
but when it goes away, shrinking back
from the walls of the brain,
from the walls of the brain,
it takes something different with it every time. —Naomi Shihab Nye
it takes something different with it every time.
—Naomi Shihab Nye

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