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Tuesday, 21 July 2015
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The old man’s indolent moments
On the railway platform on a bench
Pass luxuriantly watching
These huge steel centipedes
Pouring out humans from their
Square metallic yawn
And taking away equal amounts
After long hours were well fed with dreams
Leaving a deep sigh and the shards
Of his hued youthful past
On the unending long floor
Posted for dVerse Poetics: All Aboard
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A day in the life of a train! Beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteAnother take on the 'trains are for old men' thought - loved the
ReplyDeletehuge steel centipedes
Pouring out humans from their
Square metallic yawn .
Certainly there is something nostalgic about them, yet the prompt proved that we are all secret train lovers at heart!
Pouring out humans from their
ReplyDeleteSquare metallic yawn... lovely...seems to me that while people are fascinated by trains and get nostalgic about them, trains have had enough of human freight :)
Oh.. visitor of only passerby of trains..
ReplyDeletewatcher of TV.. and so many
other vicarious human ways..
to avoid being human..
sadder than the
last
caboose..:)
Wonder what it is that pulls him there every day to watch. Bif metal centipedes, Ha. Cool way of putting it. Some nice tactile words too as this goes along. I feel a bit of a grit.
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely magical :D
ReplyDeleteI specially like your description of the train here:
ReplyDeleteThese huge steel centipedes
Pouring out humans from their
Square metallic yawn
Hey, I people watch a lot too ~
Yes - like promises for others that he is content to merely watch.
ReplyDeleteSome day even for me, that will be excitement enough.
Well, I can definitely picture this man! I am sure he must have had many adventures on trains when he was young....daydreaming is a nice pastime sometime for those who have passed the age of adventure.
ReplyDeleteTrain stations, bus stations, city parks--old men gather to daydream, to people watch, & to reconnect to the energy of others. Very nice take on the train prompt; like several others, you got me at those delectable steel centipedes.
ReplyDelete"huge steel centipedes"--love that imagery :-)
ReplyDeleteNice. I like the dreaminess of the old man't passtime and the way you tell his story.
ReplyDeleteI like the description of the train - just an excellent and imaginative visual. The old man and the train - makes me wonder why he goes there every day - to just people watch? No place else to feel at home? This poem gave me a lot of thoughts. I like to people watch myself.
ReplyDeletelove that you describe them as steel centipedes... and sounds like he has some vibrant memories of trains... i have too from my childhood
ReplyDeletesteel centipedes indeed! Very unique description. Nice
ReplyDeleteIt is understandable perhaps he had a yearning of a train ride every so often. After getting off one wants to board again.
ReplyDeletehttp://imagery77.blogspot.com/2015/07/people-movers-in-many-
places.html
Hank
Dear Sumanaroy
ReplyDeleteI loved the idea of one being well fed with dreams. As if the train and dreams can sustain his purpose in life. Poignant.