I feel my body shaking
at first I wonder
is this a spiritual experience
then I have the realization
it’s just a train rumbling
down the track a hundred
feet away and shaking
the building I’m living in
And I’m reminded of the
first time I felt an earthquake
lying in a bed in the Philippines
and I felt just my body was
moving and I thought maybe
I was having a spiritual experience
until I realized the whole room was
shaking and that a mild
earthquake caused the shaking
all over the neighborhood all
over the house I was living in
Bob Boyd