At the End of Eternity

I took the train, took the train past the last stop.

Past the depot where they keep the broken clocks. The conductor said, "You're early.

Or maybe you're too late." I said, "Isn't that the same thing when

you're, when you're trying to escape?" There's a diner at the edge

of everything. Where the waitress knows your order before you're born. She poured my

coffee, said, said, "Honey, you look worn."

I said, "I've been waiting for the waiting to begin." My therapist lives

in a lighthouse. Says my problem is I confuse the end with the