Stations where the train doesn’t stop

Etterbeek, la Hulpe, Epinal, Rixensart, Profondsart,

Mont-Saint-Guibert, Ernage, Lonzée, Assesse, Aye,

Forrières, Grupont, Poix-Saint-Hubert, Habay, Viville,

a rosary of Belgian stations and their names,

all branchlines, sidings, or surviving as high-

watermarks of towns that have retreated

to a blur of white lettering on blue enamel.