Four countries in nine hours with Deutsche Bahn
could be a lifetime's achievement
were it not for the snow-covered
landscapes and wet-cotton skies
that mask movement with place names
as if space and time could be measured
by Berlin Dresden Bad Schandau
Decín Ústí nad Labem
Praha-Holešovice Praha
Kolín Pardubice Brno Breclav
Wien Simmering is my stop
I'll miss Meidling Wiener Neustadt
Bruck and der Mur Leoben
Sankt Veit an der Glan
Klagenfurt Villach
Oh well
I already missed the line between
Hauptbahnhof and hlavní nádrazí
twice
and never even noticed

2010, NYC