CHOO – CHOO

Wayward train unfettered by departures

     That never arrive interminable delay-relays

          Engine and caboose switching places

               Uncoupled boxcars joy ride thrills-spills

                        READING

Express on discarded schedule bypassing

     Local-yokel station disenfranchised long ago-go

          Flashing amber RailRoad crossing fingers

               Secondhand minutes lying in wait-a-bit-grit

                        PENNSYLVANIA

Recycled American Flyer scale models

     Prize flea market collectable keepsake-fakes

          Nowhere bound letting off steam

               Iron hobbyhorse mavericks overgrown boy-toys

                        B & O

Where rising suns never set

     Lunatics reaching for Harlot moon-swoon

          Shinkansen faster than speeding bullet

               21^st Century remote control-oriented Asian-invasion

                        SHORT LINE

Circumnavigating nubby homespun yarn globe

     Loco-motive conductor ticket taker punch-drunk

          Stop I wanna get off

               Last chance to play catch-up-up&away

PoeArtry by: Dr. Charles Frederickson & Saknarin Chinayote