Last Stop

Arid sky no clouds endless drear dull Fevered heat presses no relief alone! Silence, thirst flaccid horizon ice-blue No zephyr nor chill nor idawn-mist fore-er bright sun burns stifles steel rails glint fiercely, hot defying endless sere sundered train one car approaches halts stands alone shanty station destination consternation: no one there ever soul-wrought silent screaming desolation desolation no one there blistered sun fades, dies acid stars shine