Sunday, July 14, 2024

Steam Train Ride

The whistle blows, the chugging starts -

A steam train ride in France -

For those who like to try things 

From the past, this is your chance.


Since when it’s time to turn around,

The leading car’s unlatched

And driven to a turntable

Before it’s reattached.


The locomotive then gets cranked,

By hand! one circle ‘round.

The engineer next drives to where

The once-caboose is found.


The train is reconnected

And goes back the way it came,

Passing trees and giant rock formations,

Looking all the same.


An aqueduct appears and there’s 

An eagle in the sky,

But what impresses most on board

As we go zipping by 


Is a trio by the river,

Down below and quickly viewed,

Being very French, relaxing 

Near the water, in the nude.


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