Why he coudnt say

Why not he woud ask 

alongside the railroad tracks gravelscatter broken rock iceplants weathered woodposts sixbys strangled by strands of rusty barbedwire cross slats between them either fallennails gave way hanging  others on the fenceline bentbowed by moisture sun  grain and gravity

tinder crossed his mind

                        but also who built it what it must have looked like when it was new the ground or fields surrounding it before their erosion 

                                      a time machine would have been nice 

also crossing his mind 

                        the fence  a long flaming wick or fizzingfuse combusted by a careless match or carefree lightning strike

1138,  Monday,  13  2. 23

1123,  Sunday,  26  3. 23

Beatles  Get Back (to where we once belonged)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKJqecxswCA