A Stranger Will Know My Name
By Stranger
She wakes to the sound of a train, approaching
A stranger will know my name, she thinks
And slowly begins
The sound of the train now in the walls of her room, her skin
A stranger knows my name, she imagines
Losing herself, recklessly, loudly
The sound of the train fading into silence, leaving her body
A stranger knew my name, she remembers
Returning to sleep, once again, more deeply
Much more deeply
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Copyright 2018 Stranger
Published on Saturday, January 2, 2021.
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Comments on "A Stranger Will Know My Name"
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On Wednesday, August 26, 2020, TropicalSnowstorm
(1580) wrote:
Excellent piece! I love little slices of life captured and hinting at more. Ciao, T/S
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On Wednesday, May 13, 2020, tonebone
(48) wrote:
Sleep the sleep of the guilty...or the avenged...
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On Tuesday, February 26, 2019, Jonas Robinson
(848) wrote:
Nice. I enjoyed this because of its word flow and expression. :)
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On Friday, November 30, 2018, Sin
(1135) wrote:
Perhaps I'm way off, but this felt like a late night fever dream, a little self love, and then euphoric exhaustion. Even if I'm wrong, I enjoyed this.
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On Saturday, December 1, 2018, Stranger
(263) wrote:
That's pretty much it. :)
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On Saturday, July 14, 2018, Jonas Robinson
(848) wrote:
Original and haunting. Great work.
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On Sunday, June 10, 2018, Alchemist
(679) wrote:
Seeing as I'm a locomotive engineer I enjoyed this work.
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On Sunday, June 10, 2018, Adagios
(716) wrote:
Fascinating write
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On Sunday, June 10, 2018, Poeticexorcism
(84) wrote:
I like this. Makes you wonder if she is dreaming the whole time, or there really was a train in the distance and she absorbed it into her dream. Nice!