The train ’round our tree survives,
It must own several lives…
train tracks glued down
won’t shift around,
But the trains do go flying–surprise!
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Being careful my wife and I,
Have avoided seeing the train fly…
It at times left the rails
So far my steamer fails,
To run here–I don’t know why?
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Helps that we have no kids,
Nor cats to sit amidst…
Not much room
Nor do our trains zoom,
But they’ve been known to do splits!
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–Jonathan Caswell
I’d bought a 2-8-0 steamer,
“Consolidation-type” in N scale…
I had one train circle running
And delightedly put this engine on rails!
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This BOSTON AND MAINE “2-8-0”
It didn’t travel far…
Before the engine stubbed its toe
And the front wheels went ajar.
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My careful but quickly laid track
Was not perfectly smooth….
And like it’s prototype,
The engine wheels hit a cross-groove!
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Rough track is anathema
To models with light pilot wheels…
Even the real ones suffered
From extra tight curve squeals!
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–Jonathan Caswell
I don’t think he meant to,
Shove his blood sugar down through…
The danger zone
Way, way down,
Down where life might be through!
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Discovered his mistake then,
Tried packing food in…
Chicken, roast beef,
Glucose tabs for relief,
And test all over again!
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How much—oid he take (?)—
Too much for his sake…
“DR 500”
And he wondered,
If he sleeps, will he ever awake?
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His insulin pen had jammed part way,
Drawing out with a syringe to save…
Medicine
Still within,
Not usually an idiot this way…!
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–Jonathan Caswell
Advice from an “old man”
Don’t let the crowd command…
You to produce
A poor excuse,
But pick your ground and stand!
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Having “LIKES” for posts is nice,
But some posts cut a deep slice…
Or folks bored
With that kind of sword,
Won’t be caught thinking twice!
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Many older posts,
Look like towns with ghosts…
Not a LIKE
Or comment strike,
So much for a poet’s boasts!
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–Jonathan Caswell
A railroad car of the future,
Streamlined–couldn’t be cuter…
Underpowered
And not praise-showered,
But okay for slower commuters!
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A motorcar upside-down boat,
McKeen cars were of note…
Needing wide curves
Sharp ones caused nerves
To snap as it yawled like a boat.
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Nineteen-oh-five to seventeen,
The finest they were to have been…
Inflexibility
Hampered ability,
To make a big dent on the scene!
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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
His shakiness increased,
Didn’t have much to eat…
A protein bar
He found so far.
His necessary treat1
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With blood sugars dipping low,
He really should test to know…
Exactly how far
Down we are,
His “118” getting low!
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–Jonathan Caswell
Is it okay to marry for looks,
Are hot spouses allowed in your books…
Beautiful babes
Just one of the aids,
To find that partner who cooks.
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Find one in the Lord,
For a lifetime you’ll not be bored…
Practical matters
And spiritual factors
All must come on board!
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–Jonathan Caswell
Read portions from SONG OF SOLOMON…and Proverbs 31.
Troubles keeping from sleep,
Oh what struggles to keep…
Time to let go
Before he sinks low,
He’ll be an exhausted heap!
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Desperation comes,
The pinnacle of his sums…
Adding up fast
To disastrous blast,
Never ready for what comes!
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His dad had a similar feat,
Struggling in his sleep…
Sat bolt upright:
“Lord–You take it, Alright?”
And fell into deep, peaceful sleep!
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Obsession easily comes,
Will you stick to your guns…
Give it the Lord–
Peace then restored–
Doze off after a few “ho-hums”.
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–Jonathan Caswell
According to GROUND ZERO,
Trump may be the hero….
final man
to withstand,
A one-world government credo.
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Similarly as how foretold,
Opposition is getting bold…
Both Houses packed
With folks who’ll enact,
What would allow NATO a foothold!
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Shadow government’s in place,
Higher-ups we won’t face…
Secretly
Destroying the free,
Waiting to play their “Ace”.
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—Jonathan Caswell
*GROUND ZERO, available by radio and on the Web, with Clyde Lewis, has frequently warned of political undercurrents in American politics.
By the Mighty Mumford 