JESSE TAYLOR (RIP) with THE LIFTERS

Clip # 5
So many poems and the pencils remind Jesse Taylor of all he has to live for yet. Taylor and Guynn have already begun a second book — this one in color, called "The Other Side" — in which the poet is writing poems in response to Taylor's finished pieces. He clearly likes Guynn's poetry. One of his favorites is "Freight Train to Forever," which begins with the image of the approaching train, "coming in on dragon's wings," rumbling closer and closer as children pitch pennies beside the tracks:

"The plaintive howl, now near/as the desert coyote/interrupts our play,/reminding us of choices,/chance and circumstance."

"I like that one," says Taylor. "It takes me back." And within seconds of the words, a loud, flat horn blows in the distance.

"Here comes that old freight train," says Taylor, still sitting at his drawing table. He sits silent for a while, waiting in anticipation of a second whistle. But the engineer holds back. All that lingers is the long, low hum of the slow train heading west.

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