Eddie Arana, Rick Thibodeau, & Chris Bakunas San Diego, Ca. March 2012

Eddie Arana, Rick Thibodeau, & Chris Bakunas San Diego, Ca. March 2012
Eddie Arana, Rick Thibodeau, & Chris Bakunas at Luche Libre Taco Shop in San Diego, March 2012

Monday, February 18, 2013

On This Train, The Conductor Has Snapped


Coal train derailing in slow motion
Falling off a trestle like a viper striking out at prey
And missing

The engine billowing smoke, the wheels spinning
Railcar after railcar pitching into the void
Chunks of coal falling like hail

Fireman was told to build up a good head of steam
The conductor was in no mood for going slow
Got both eyes on that last terminus

The driving wheels grabbed the rails
As the pistons churned in the cylinder blocks
The blastpipe played an angry tune

The brakeman yelled that there were no carrying wheels
To help the big locomotive through the turn
But the conductor wasn't having any of that

On the valley floor the train now rested
In a crumpled heap of mangled iron and human life
The conductor has arrived at everyone's final destination

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