This trolley shakes over uneven pavement,
twisting through the road’s bends & traffic.
& within this space, mute calls o stops, of radio,
floats the melancholic song
of an old man stooped over
the strains of his guitar.
Outside the window of this jostling trolley
migrants walk, carrying bare wares
in hopes of the day’s meal, the night’s lodging.
& on the platforms, other would-be passengers wait.
A man cleans a glass door
on this Monday morning opening up.
© 2022 Lorraine Caputo
Lorraine Caputo is a documentary poet, translator and travel writer. Her works appear in over 300 journals on six continents; and 20 collections of poetry – including On Galápagos Shores (dancing girl press, 2019) and Caribbean Interludes (Origami Poems Project, 2022). She also authors travel narratives, articles and guidebooks. Her writing has been honored by the Parliamentary Poet Laureate of Canada (2011) and nominated for the Best of the Net. Caputo has done literary readings from Alaska to Patagonia. She journeys through Latin America, listening to the voices of the pueblos and Earth. Follow her travels at: www.facebook.com/lorrainecaputo.wanderer or https://latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com.
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