<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=340509" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Railroad Town</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The diesel locomotive wailed<br>Like a sick bull as it approached<br>The intersection; five bellows. <br>The dreaded traffic light turned red<br>And all of us just sat waiting<br>For this snail-like, slow-moving<br>Freight train to pass, while the traffic<br>was backing up to infinity.<br>Life becomes a standstill in time: <br>If your appendix burst, pray to god; <br>If you're in labor, tough titty; <br>If late for work, you curse and swear! <br>So you wait and count the freight cars...<br>One hundred one…one hundred two…</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Onward west they roll<br>Swaying, screeching, click-clanking<br>Along rusty tracks.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Albert+Ahearn">Albert Ahearn</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=340509" data-title="A Railroad Town de Albert Ahearn" data-description="The diesel locomotive wailed Like a sick bull as it approached The intersection; five bellows. The dreaded traffic light turned red And all of us just sat waiting For this snail-like, slow-moving Freight train to pass, while the traffic was backi..."></div> </div> </div>

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