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CTA cross junction, northwest corner of The Loop, Chicago; control tower 18 guides north and southbound Purple and Brown lines intersecting with east and westbound Pink and Green lines and looping Orange line above the Wells/Lake Street intersection: photo by Daniel Schwen, 2007
In labyrinthine catacombs sunk far beneath
great glass and concrete blocks
where a sacred grove once towered
white smocked post docs in masks
plant electrodes in the stripped and peeled
back skulls of mice and rats and monkeys
the actor kept distant from the act
an implicit pact of society
..............................
as though every creature left alive now
and supported on two feet
were not itself a test subject
in the final animal experiment
shrouded in silence without echo
which proceeds as if without a driver
The train does not make
up its mind where it wants to go
it just follows the tracks
great glass and concrete blocks
where a sacred grove once towered
white smocked post docs in masks
plant electrodes in the stripped and peeled
back skulls of mice and rats and monkeys
the actor kept distant from the act
an implicit pact of society
..............................
as though every creature left alive now
and supported on two feet
were not itself a test subject
in the final animal experiment
shrouded in silence without echo
which proceeds as if without a driver
The train does not make
up its mind where it wants to go
it just follows the tracks
Northward view from the Adams/Wabash station at night: photo by Daniel Schwen, 2009
Northwest corner of the Chicago Loop elevated tracks: photo by Daniel Schwen, November 2007
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