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Ballad 2

Ballad 2

A Poem by Gaia Octavia

The country boy spent lots of time

Learning to work stream trains

He spent his summers shoveling coal

His winters nursing pains

 

He finally got up to the top

He was an engineer

Only to have the diesels come

And watch steam disappear

© 2014 Gaia Octavia


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Added on September 21, 2014
Last Updated on September 21, 2014
Tags: poetry, expression, ballad, trains

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Gaia Octavia
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A Poem by Gaia Octavia