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Hollylane · 09-03-2012, 11:49 PM

The Highway

by W. S. Merwin

It seems too enormous just for a man to be
Walking on. As if it and the empty day
Were all there is. And a little dog
Trotting in time with the heat waves, off
Near the horizon, seeming never to get
Any farther. The sun and everything
Are stuck in the same places, and the ditch
Is the same all the time, full of every kind
Of bone, while the empty air keeps humming
That sound it has memorized of things going
Past. And the signs with huge heads and starved
Bodies, doing dances in the heat,
And the others big as houses, all promise
But with nothing inside and only one wall,
Tell of other places where you can eat,
Drink, get a bath, lie on a bed
Listening to music, and be safe. If you
Look around you see it is just the same
The other way, going back; and farther
Now to where you came from, probably,
Than to places you can reach by going on.

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09-03-2012, 11:49 PM	#11
Hollylane Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: . Preferred Pronoun?: . Relationship Status: . Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: . Posts: 11,495 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 34,694 Thanked 26,361 Times in 5,875 Posts Rep Power: 21474862	The Highway by W. S. Merwin It seems too enormous just for a man to be Walking on. As if it and the empty day Were all there is. And a little dog Trotting in time with the heat waves, off Near the horizon, seeming never to get Any farther. The sun and everything Are stuck in the same places, and the ditch Is the same all the time, full of every kind Of bone, while the empty air keeps humming That sound it has memorized of things going Past. And the signs with huge heads and starved Bodies, doing dances in the heat, And the others big as houses, all promise But with nothing inside and only one wall, Tell of other places where you can eat, Drink, get a bath, lie on a bed Listening to music, and be safe. If you Look around you see it is just the same The other way, going back; and farther Now to where you came from, probably, Than to places you can reach by going on.