His N scale model railway,
Unfinished to this day…
Is labeled P.C.
Not politically,
But “Procrastination Central”, he’d say!
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So much on it still to do,
Each project is almost half-through…
Keeps changing direction
On theme selection,
Rearranging things as if on cue
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HE THINKS…he’s nailed it down,
His scrap plastic pile’s quite a mound…
Rough kitbashing
Some parts go missing,
On which he won’t expound!
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–Jonathan Caswell
woe betide them that try
to se in stone what needs more time…
My turn table lost?*
without further cost?
Then I looked near bed time!
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I thought I’d lost my lead
To that tyrn table, but indeed…
A curve could be made
With large enough radius laid,
To satisfy the using of steam.
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A switch I’d previously cut in,
To one engine stall could run…
The other could Branch
From the turn table switch–
My space problem was overcome!
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Envisioning a massive water wheel,
Fed by a sluice pipe has appeal…
This motorized–
Already planned (what a surprise?),
For which the tourists would positively SQUEAL!
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And then, the bridge over a mill dam flood—
If I wanted, a covered bridge wouldn’t take TOO MUCH blood…!
Just for light tourist trains–
Steel reinforced all the same–
An occasional short freight could be good!
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I wish I could draw all this now,
All it took was time to see how…
Possibilities arise
by opening one’s eyes,Imagination plus a day’s-worth of wrinkled brow!
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–Jonathan Caswell
*NOTE–Refer back to the post..ECONOMIC CHOICES IN MINIATURE…posted yesterday~!
He rarely attends now,
It’s gone and got diff’rent somehow…
He feels pushed aside
Not welcomed inside,
No one’s been direct with him, anyhow!
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They used to go faithfully,
Found the spirit there strong and free…
The Pastor moved on
And a preacher took on
Things with his own personality.
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With his circle of friends,
For our subject, being close to a pastor ends…
You know his pride
Didn’t like “outside”
But he wanted to attend.
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Then he and his wife
Both saw ill health in life….
Comparison
With others is sin,
And churned up internal strife!
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The preacher/teacher and he,
(Too much alike?) weren’t happy…
It shifted into
“An authority over you”
Which wasn’t as healthy!
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Various dissatisfactions
Led to complaints and feigned actions….
Poor communication
Led to frustration,
In mutual distraction.
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So now he stays at home
Sundays, with his wife alone…
No need to go
Taken for granted so,
But he’s stuck–this was his church home.
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Socially depended on her,
His wife, for communication stirred…
When she took ill
He didn’t have the will,
To see that his opening up occurred.
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He’s given his life for her,
Literally as it were…
Goes it alone
Reaching out he’s done,
Elsewhere–little left at “home”.
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Options to go elsewhere?
Feels bound by his wife–so there!
Decision paralyzed–
Easier to survive
By himself, ‘though few benefits to share!
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A “hypothetical poem”–which means it is just a poem….!
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–Jonathan Caswell
He wasn’t going to bring,
Until his wife’s suggesting…
With no thought
His computer brought,
It proves itself addicting!
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Collecting image files,
His face fixedly smiles…
In his zeal
He skips a meal,
And that is a real surprise!
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To get balanced tomorrow night,
He’ll leave the thing home that night…
We hope he’s learned
When desires burn,
It can be a difficult fight!
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–Jonathan Caswell
She swallowed my comments TWICE,
I don’t think that was NICE…
One-sided talk–
The other side stopped–
Is really a fascist DEVICE!
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Although–there is another blog–
In which my comments don’t log…
This might be a measure
To some comments treasure,
I keep my comments open–not demagogue!
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They can do what they like,
I will not return a strike…
Nor delete
Any comments I meet,
Unless that is what they’d like!
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–Jonathan Caswell
(In poetic form, of course!)
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Many folks apparently,
Like this poetry…
But far and away
They come for the array
Of posts re-blogged by me!
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I’m sorry–the fault is mine,
For so was I inclined…
Toward building a base
Of readers at a pace,
Shown to work over time.
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A vast majority say
The reblogs are why they stay…
Or at least I infer
That from comments heard,
My poetry–well, it’s okay!
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There are–how many?–a “few’,
Who look for my limericks too…
Separation doesn’t work–
My ego got jerked–
The experiment was through!
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A ratio of four-to-one,
Or higher to which it has come…
Sometimes I regret
My impatience, yet,
It still is a lot of fun!
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–Jonathan E. Caswell
Poet and this blog’s Administrator.
The voice in his head says, “DO IT,”
He’s not sure he’ll get through it…
Layout wiring–
His least favorite thing–
This weekend (maybe) he’ll go to it!
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More than half the feed wires placed,
And he has willingly faced…
“Plugging” along
(Is a pun so wrong?)…
Then underneath wires are laced.
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Power supply–nothing new–
A good power pack will do…
One has a short
Is it an abort-?
Maybe two small ones will do!
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–Jonathan Caswell
(Image of a Housatonic Railroad RS-3m found on Google)
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A long-held modelers’ dream,
Doing custom modeling…
Certain railroads
Extended locos,
Lives economically!
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RS-3 diesel engines on the main
Were rather hard to maintain…
EMD units
In crashes came though it,
These newer engines to the RS-3 came.
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The ALCO RS-3’s “two-forty-four”
Diesel engines were used no more…
They put an EMD
Into the RS-3,
Made a hybrid which lasted years more!
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This modeler’s vision is fading,
Tiny N scale’s quite a lading…
Too much for me
Small parts to see,
The project he’s begun evading.
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–Jonathan Caswell
A mythical griffin is true
To its nature blue…
Made of rock–
Sturdy stock=–
It never no never boo-hoos!
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Unlike the “comedienne,
Who’s turned herself into “victim”…
Self responsibility
Is unconscionably,
Denied by her or him!
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Now a lawyer she seeks,
Someone else must pay her lost “ekes”
She did the act–
No one “made her”, in fact–
Most of us see through her pitiful squeaks!
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It’s time for this child to grow up,
As one wag said–MAN UP!…
You’ve gone too far
With behavior bizarre,
With morals you’ve proven corrupt.
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(An opinion post! )
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-Jonathan Caswell
Limerick writers choose
If they’ll follow news…
Or focus
On certain business,
Poking others views!
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Communists in California,
Seen by liberals as normal…
The public’s sucked in
For years this has been,
Their equating has just been acknowledged in a matter formal!
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Or do I focus on Christ—
His world-changing sacrifice…
Both things are true
Yet which to pursue,
Politics ALWAYS bites!
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Of the two only Christ,
Reliably offers His lights…
Those other guys
Too often disguise
For whom they are acolytes!
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Besides all this we note,
Not everyone’s in the same boat…
Politically involved
No sin resolves,
Politics is mostly getting someone’s goat!
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So I choose Christ and will try
To not let my opinions fly…
But don’t worry
I will not curry
Favor of the other side! 🙂
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–Jonathan Caswell
By the Mighty Mumford 