Guard rails
drop at the railroad crossing
Counting the
cars… one, two, three…
Heavy
machinery pulling
Passing mere
yards from me… fifteen, sixteen…
Such
tremendous rumbling
Feeling in
awe of the power… twenty-seven, twenty-eight…
Box cars and
flat beds flashing
Clicking and
clunking… thirty-nine, forty, forty-one…
Finally, the
caboose coming
Finishing
counting… fifty-three, fifty-four…
Fifty-five!
Yay! great job- I love watching trains!
ReplyDeleteNow though, in our area they often pull cars I don't understand- and some have spray tags all over... At the end often is an engine facing backwards. (We have very few turn-arounds.)
I love this! I love trains! Love siiting at the crossing listening and watching! Oh well done!!!!
ReplyDeleteSadly never see a caboose any longer.
Very clever, or serendipitous, Bubba. Enjoyed the feel of the vibrating tracks, the heavy clanking noises--here in the country in the dead of night, sometimes the train passing a few miles away sounds like all of civilization rushing past like a distant storm.
ReplyDeleteAh, I like this very much Eric! I like the device of the counting cars and that your total is (what else but 55! :o)
ReplyDeleteLOL.
ReplyDeleteI had a writing instructor who talked about poetry as being like a train. The more you could pack into the words the bigger the rumble. I often think of that as I write.
Pardon me boy, is that the cat that ate your new shoes?
ReplyDeleteIt never fails to amaze me what triggers inspiration.
Loved your Casey Jones 55 Bubba...
Thanks for playing, thanks for being so helpful and supportive today, and have a Kick Ass Week-End
Love this .... I have had a life long love affair with trains!!!
ReplyDeleteI miss not hearing the train whistle in the distance... this is the first house we don't have that. Can't say I enjoy being delayed by a train, though.
ReplyDeleteCute...55 cars. But they don't have cabooses anymore. Least not the ones I've seen lately. I love trains. Love the sound in the night. Love your 55.
ReplyDeleteAh! That's great that you made the train have 55 cars! Enchanting. I have always loved being the first car stuck waiting for a train. Through the years I have noticed many fewer hobos taking a ride, and much more powerful graffiti!
ReplyDeleteThis is so clever! Fabulous 55!
ReplyDeleteClever but short train...man have you ever seen those 4 mile long ones in the prairies?
ReplyDelete4 miles long? That sounds like a LONG wait at the crossing - I'd get tired of counting them!
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