Reveille! Reveille! All hands heave out and trice up. Now reveille!
the sleepy commuter army
hung with backpacks and hard hats
newspapers and handbags
in disorderly queue
looking down
the track for that morning
train
we snap sheepishly awake
when the station lights go out
photosensitive reveille
as morning pulls into the station
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