the whistle blower

[empallin]

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stuck here
waiting
listening
to the rumble
the clackity clack clack
to the ding ding ding
the sound of the car
ready to go
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not trying to get home
or to the store
or some important meeting
just trying to get away
get out of here
as fast as i can
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instead i sit here
as the train cars
cover my escape
like a rolling version
of the black bars
on old tv shows
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and go