Kristiana Colón
love/ logic
The train stops running at midnight
and I am half past twelve
but the night is warm
and I am safe
Music from the street
hums up through the platform
so I will wait awake
let darkness prick my skin
and watch sun rise
till the morning train comes
I am waiting at a station watching
tumbleweed popcorn in the distance
A gust tugs at my straw sun hat
Alligator suitcases collect dust at my feet
and I shade my eyes to squint down the tracks
believe I see its smoke swelling closer
not knowing this train will never come
Kristiana Colón is a poet, actress, and playwright living in Chicago. She holds a Master's of
Fine Arts in Writing from the School of the Art Institute Chicago and a Bachelor's of Arts in
English/Creative Writing from the University of Chicago. Her first chapbook entitled pieces
of shedu was published by Ice Box Press in November 2008, and her work appears in Haven
Book’s recent anthology, Not a Muse. Publication credits include Inertia, Our Stories, The
Houston Literary Review, After Hours, Acentos Literary Review, Midwestern Edition,
Contrary, Bare Root Review, and Two With Water. In 2005, Kristiana appeared on the fifth
season of HBO's Def Poetry Jam. More information can be found at her website.
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love/ logic
The train stops running at midnight
and I am half past twelve
but the night is warm
and I am safe
Music from the street
hums up through the platform
so I will wait awake
let darkness prick my skin
and watch sun rise
till the morning train comes
I am waiting at a station watching
tumbleweed popcorn in the distance
A gust tugs at my straw sun hat
Alligator suitcases collect dust at my feet
and I shade my eyes to squint down the tracks
believe I see its smoke swelling closer
not knowing this train will never come
Kristiana Colón is a poet, actress, and playwright living in Chicago. She holds a Master's of
Fine Arts in Writing from the School of the Art Institute Chicago and a Bachelor's of Arts in
English/Creative Writing from the University of Chicago. Her first chapbook entitled pieces
of shedu was published by Ice Box Press in November 2008, and her work appears in Haven
Book’s recent anthology, Not a Muse. Publication credits include Inertia, Our Stories, The
Houston Literary Review, After Hours, Acentos Literary Review, Midwestern Edition,
Contrary, Bare Root Review, and Two With Water. In 2005, Kristiana appeared on the fifth
season of HBO's Def Poetry Jam. More information can be found at her website.
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