Cattle and Cane

I recall a schoolboy coming home
Through fields of cane
To a house of tin and timber
And in the skyA rain of falling cinders
From time to time
The waste memory wastesI recall a boy in bigger pants
Like everyone
Just waiting for a chance
His father's watchHe left it in the showers
From time to time
The waste memory wastesI recall a bigger brighter world
A world of books
And silent times in thought
And then the railroadThe railroad takes him home
Through fields of cattle
Through fields of cane
From time to timeThe waste memory wastes
The waste memory wastes
Further, longer, higher, older