[ Children playing on the tracks ]

Children playing on the tracks
distracted by games, bullies
or just having fun

since day in and out
no train comes
whether in rain or sun.

Signs posted overhead
faded cracked, never read.

When a shrill whistle begins to blow
most ignore as they felt
they were in the know.

For no one's ever seem a locomotive go.

Heard tales before
like all ancient people talk
of long ago.

But talk around
proclaimed
they would renew this line.

But who knew when,
though given an estimate time.

Parents needed
their children to remind
that possibly soon

for presented evidence
at city hall
what high officials
definitely had in mind.

But forgotten the notice
and not positioned to hear
although representatives came
saying:

"The train's almost here!"

The announcements made
though mostly crystal clear
were not desirable
to the neighbors there.

Their children played
all the while
parents paraded or shaded
in the local town.

So the noise shrill
growing louder, the kids found
abrasive. So they stopped up their ears
so as not to discern the sound.

© 13 minutes ago, Lucretia Mccloud    spiritual • society • pain • sad • teen   

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