At the end of Main Street

At the end of Main Street

a pair of tracks separate those who begin and end

their days under a sooty sky, and those whose money

is laundered. Above the tracks, a new constellation,

made of lamps. Joined dot-to-dot,

it signifies the dark animal

who sleeps apart from whatever shady business

transacts itself behind solemn storefronts at midnight.

Main Street in Eureka, Illinois at midnight.