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West Newton Township in my county

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West Newton Township in my county

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a child has died

been killed

by accident

we trust

train tracks

speed and mass

of the bulk

that must move upon

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and my heart is hurt

and is not yours

it is

I know

the child is ours

our cosmic possession

we must return

to God

from a faulty Earth

with misdirected people

on it

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would that we say

and more than say

the child

must be safe

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no blame around

but all around

this is a sad equality

and now

inclusion

for the mourning

and resolve

to keep our children better

so they go to God

at

the proper time

that God would rather

allow

say

in ninety years

or so

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c l couch

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Cumberland County village mourns child killed in mid-morning train accident

WALNUT BOTTOM – Tragedy struck this little village in western Cumberland County Thursday when a Norfolk Southern freight train struck and killed a 15-month-old boy who’d wandered onto the tracks that pass by the rear of his family’s backyard.

The boy was pronounced dead shortly after his arrival by ambulance at UPMC Carlisle Hospital.

Cumberland County Coroner Charley Hall declared the case an accidental death, but said an autopsy will be conducted next week to confirm a precise cause of death. Pennsylvania State Police said they are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the accident.

The boy’s identity was not immediately released by authorities, but neighbors and acquaintances of the family said he was the youngest of four children.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/cumberland-county-village-mourns-child-killed-in-mid-morning-train-accident/ar-AA1laB6Y

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photo by Andrew Karn on Unsplash

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Boiling Springs Fire

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Boiling Springs Fire

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I caught some

Of the story

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A fire burned

Inside

Above

(fourth floor)

Smoke and water through

All the floors

Of the apartment building

A converted mill

In the town of Boiling Springs

One town away

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I hear details of the fire

Nothing yet about the people

I’m sure I missed

That part

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I used to drive by the building

Hoped about living there,

Each time

Now it’s gone

Or at least

Forever changed

Now sorrow for

All displaced

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The town is small

An unincorporated village

It will be affected

Me, too

And you, too,

As you know about

Such things

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(after reading)

Everyone got out

One cat

The headlines say

Eleven displaced,

Which includes ten people

And the cat

The Red Cross has been

At the scene

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There was a fire

In the village

Two years ago

One person was killed

Welcome that person

To another home

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God bless the town

And all the towns

That gather loss

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C L Couch

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/11-displaced-by-cumberland-county-fire/ar-AATiBcL?ocid=uxbndlbing

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Photo by Daniel Tausis on Unsplash

“Fighting Fire”

Sundsvall, Sweden

not the Boiling Springs fire (the photos of that fire are copyrighted, sigh) but a fire

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Lent 16

Lent 16

(village life)

 

In enclaves

In clusters

We persist

Small-town living yet with

All our senses

 

We hear the seasons overhead;

Molecules of air

Have time to light on us

There might be swans

Upon the river

Lights under the bandstand

That switch on at night

Having charged by day

Through solar panels

 

And we might sit

On chairs filigreed in style

Sipping coffee as we like it

In a café set along

A narrow street

Beside a water’s edge

Redolent of all scents

Mostly fair,

 

Where we might talk

Or simply stop

The moments

Silently using

All we are

 

We might have work to do

Outside

We will

This could be a day off

Or after chores

Or some time we manage

By our own

An hour we must have

Somewhere inside

 

C L Couch

 

 

Image by Jörg Peter from Pixabay

 

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