“Bergoo

Bergoo Mine #1 will not work,

Bergoo Mine #1 will not work tomorrow.

WDNE-AM, Elkins WV

These mountains have stopped

swallowing men & spitting

them back out, bruised by what

they’ve seen & done.

The men are gone

mines emptied

driftmouths mute.

Coal-camp names remain —

Bergoo, Parcoal, Diana —

stripped, half-sung

litany of used

-to-be.