jo made me think tonight, like she does. (grr), and so this poem was brought to mind, again.
Ask Bjørn Hansen: One train may hide another:
Ask Bjørn Hansen
August 08, 2002
One train may hide another
One train may hide another
(sign at a railroad crossing in Kenya)
In a poem, one line may hide another line,
As at a crossing, one train may hide another train.
That is, if you are waiting to cross
The tracks, wait to do it for one moment at
Least after the first train is gone. And so when you read
Wait until you have read the next