MY WIFE WANTS ONE.

MY WIFE WANTS ONE.

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The picture had such appeal

My wife though it was real…

My magazine

She thought keen,

A like for train sets congealed.

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Among her many blisses,

She wants a train running for Christmases…

Perhaps ’round the tree

Or one that she’ll see,

Reminding of days she misses!

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I’m thinking of a double track,

Two trains running forth and back…

“Races” and such

Not too much,

Entertrainment to attract!

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–Jonathan Caswell

WILL CHRISTMAS (TRAINS) HAPPEN?

WILL CHRISTMAS HAPPEN?
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Will a Christmas tree choo-choo train happen?
Good enough so others start clapping?
Can he find an old board
And icy streams to ford,
And space nearby for his cabin?
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The goal is to not build too much,
Of fantasy—just a touch–
Some green dinosaurs,
The mining of ore,
Realism need not be a crutch!
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I’d want to have lots of trains
Of various periods sustained…
Steam and diesel-electric
Trains eclectic,
No barriers to joy contained!
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I ask only the fun
Of making the whole thing run…
Three separate lines
Of trains piled up fine,
Is it as you would have done? –Jonathan Caswell