Amtrack speeding along the rails.
Amtrack,
I so love
sways gently to and fro.The train out of Chicago
was a double decker
so I climb the circular stairway
to the observation car.
Amtrack was trying to make time after a 3 hour delay in chicago.
I make my way to the dining car
and order a vegen dish
then make my way back down the stairs and to the club car.
I get to enjoy a cigarette there
and someone treats me to a Gin and Tonic.
Not being a drinker,
I take a tasten and leave the glass on the table.
After a second cigarette,
I make my way to my car
and allow the train rock me to sleep.
I fall asleep watching the backside of houses and factories and telephone poles
as we race past them.
Amtrack is in a one man race to Kansas City
to make up the three hour loss of start time.
I find myself rocked to sleep
by the speeding bullet riding the rails.
Ms Claire Girard-McManus

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The guitar player
belts out the blues
fo anyone who will listen
he's paying his dues.
His voice,a bit rough,singing the truth
of death and love lost.
He sings of the heartbreak
and the blues at all cost.
The Blues man travels
across this land
stopping at coffee houses
with his road house band.
He plays on street corners,
with a jar to catch change.
He'll never be rich
but he'll play just the same.

Claire McManus- Girard

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