(dc) ode to a bullet train
she was a hard working train
in the early years
the little engine that could
she will shine in the museum
decades of service
with the other cool old trains
the first decade of service
oh how fast she was
learning her awesome powers
and in the second decade
the word got around
people crowded on for thrills
she was a magical train
people met themselves
learned what they really wanted
and then she would take them there
drop them off, goodbye
enormously efficient
the third decade of service
perfecting the art
connecting the good people
direct nonstop service to
all the places of
desire in peoples' hearts
not so secretly she thought
maybe there would be
another engine like her
to double up at the front
like the old trains did
only not like the old trains
because this train was magic
or so she had thought
the silly old bullet train
the museum will honor her
with a shiny plaque
she will be happy in there
and there are lots of stories
for the grandnieces
and grandnephews and their kids
a new train's coming on line
a much smoother ride
to better serve the people
posted by cherry blossom @ 9:51 AM
9 Comments:
symbolism probably lost on me, but this just makes me want to share all the fond memories I have of riding on trains with my sons. I think it's totally unrelated to this except in that it involves "train".
if nothing else, thanks for sparking those memories.
no problem. the symbolism isn't really important to anyone but me. that's the good thing about poetry. it doesn't have to be.
until the poet dies and then 4 billion people find it their biggest priority to pick it apart and debate for hundreds of years about the symbolism of it when all it probably referred to was the poet's cat and its nasty habit of picking little pieces of poop out of its claws with its teeth.
and for the record, I LIKE the old bullet train. you might not and they might not, and your mother might not, but I DO. I think it's a valuable part of this particular person and representative of something larger as a whole. if the bullet train is outdated and its velocity not appreciated, perhaps the velocity of other parts of the train will be too much as well.
i'm not sure what you just said, but i love you. :) kisses for my sister.
this train is so magical
it doesn't even know its own tricks!
bwahahahahahhahaha!!!!!
i love you
and _i_ understand the symbolism!
and by the way, we're not putting this train in a museum for a LONG TIME
it still has decades of service left
silly rabbit. trix are for kids.
Well Written Kelly :)
Even after so many years I love looking at a passing train, it fills me with wonder as I had when I was a child.
How come I dont feel that when I see the plane....
May be because planes are like birds and you see them a lot
And trains dont resemble much to anything and you always feel that it has come from a different world
You take care
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