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Epitaphs
Their names are written on the sides
Of boxcars in which they hook rides.
Their names also appear on shacks
Along the miles of railroad tracks.
I have often wondered why it’s so,
And now at last I think I know;
The reason why their names appear,
Is due to wistfulness, it’s clear.
For hoboes are lonely, vagrant souls,
Without real roots and clear-cut goals,
Who long to leave some lasting sign
To prove they, too, shared Life’s
design.