Sleeping in an office cubicle,
And not saying I did…
Motion sensors keep the lights on–
The sleeper is never hid!
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Now is it from restless legs,
Moving so lights don’t dim down…
Or is it when waking up
Movement brings the lights on?
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Suffice to say the sleeper
Never quite could decide…
Enough that nobody caught him
The few hours he had to abide!
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–J.E.C.
The good old switcheroo,
A thing that horse thieves may do…
But this is mental–
Take a “New York Central”
Switch the shell for “New Haven” to view!
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Knuckle couplers are on this chassis,
Can’t think of much more classy…
My New England road
Another RS-3* is owed,
This orange-and-black now has he?
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–Jonathan Caswell
Another RS-3*…a road switcher locomotive model produced by the American Locomotive Company up until the early 1960’s.
THE GUY WHO LOST IT…
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The guy who recently “lost it”,
Whose manhood is not a threat…
Still has a brain that functions–
He hasn’t lost all of it yet!
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He likes the luscious looking,
Faves he has in fact…
Commenting he won’t be brooking
But is less likely to act.
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His compliments of people
He keeps closer to the chest…
Experience in business climates
He does what is best.
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–Jonathan Caswell
THE Q.A.* CONSTITUTIONAL
(Or…the Quality Assurance Dept. walk)
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Most good weather evenings,
Q.A. walks around…
The Upper and Lower Parking Lots
To settle themselves down.
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They work on mini-microchips
With chemicals and more,
They need to relax so they
Won’t drop them on the floor…!
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There usually are two,
If not the total three…
Three or four circuits
Keep them healthy.
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–Jonathan Caswell
BACK YARD BUCCOLIC
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You’ve heard of dancing squirrels,
How about cathartic cats…
Who initiate quarrels
Committing fearful spats?
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The Cottage surrounded by pine trees
Was rurally sited…
Mice squirrels and raccoons
Would come in, uninvited!
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Was hoping to build a short railway
To fill with the result s of axes…
Towns do love a riding railway
Because then they raise land taxes!
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(www.tripadvisor.co.uk)
–Jonathan Caswell
ARE YOU AS TIRED AS I AM?
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When blogging begins to fail
Hitting keys just right…
When computers won’t drop topics
In the reader…call it a night!
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I am hot and tired,
The same for my laptop too…
We don’t have a new-fangled base fan
To keep us running true.
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The brain is in a fog right now,
Synapses beginning to moan…
I hope we’ll hit the bricks real soon
And drive our way back home!
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–Jonathan Caswell
MY N-SCALE MODEL TRAIN LAYOUT UPDATE
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Seeing another’s planning
Has me thinking too….
There’s not enough room on the layout
For passenger trains coming through!
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I have a long spur behind the station
That could tie back into the main…
I have a curved turnout elsewhere
That would help my passenger train.
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Other side of this spur, a turntable,
That I’ve yet to install…
Would turn single-ended locomotives
So I could run them all!
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Changing plans is nothing new with me,
It’s a fun part and I do it…
Appreciating the whole hobby
I decided and must get to it.
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–Jonathan Caswell
SOUNDS LIKE VACATION TIME
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At night it sounds like August,
Vacation before back-to-school…
I smell the moth balls in blankets
And sheets unfolded and cool.
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(Evenings and mornings were cool.
Sixty degrees as a rule…
Just like this year
Autumn feels near,
This summer had most of us fooled!)
Dad would have built the first fire
While Mom said it was too warm…
We would have braved the mosquitoes
‘Cause the fire drove us to the swarms.
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Would have gone to a Webster. Mass. market
Long gone—now sells auto parts…
Would have gotten my next taste of MOXIE,
Some years, we’d see fine arts.
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The Summer Cottage is torn down,
The land is sold to a neighbor…
We couldn’t keep it
But for the night sounds, mem’ries and flavors!
–Jonagthan Caswell
HUMMUS
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It sounds somehow mysterious,
‘Though really just ground up chickpeas…
Often prepared with garlic
A breath cloud with taste that will please.
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Offered with other gastronomic
Spices and tasty delights….
Some find the strength of ingredients
Guaranteed to put out your lights!
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Served with crackers or chips,
One scoops up the flavorful stuff…
Save for your partner a pine nut
For appetizer, this is enough!
–Jonathan Caswell
POETRY CHALLENGE—DAY #3.
THE QUOTE:
“Jesus wept.”–The Gospel of John 11:35.
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THE POEM:
The Apostle John tells the story,
Of Jesus waiting for God’s glory…
Lazarus died
And four days inside
His tomb would have smelled pretty gory!
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Jesus waited up north
So He could call Lazarus forth…
Out from the dead
Filling with dread
Those who thought Him a poor sort.
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The people saw Jesus cared
Far beyond what most were aware…
So also we
He lovingly sees,
Wanting us His name bear.
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We must die to sinning
Like he did–volunteering–
Lay ourselves at His feet,
All we are–complete–
With no more ego domineering.
–Jonathan Caswell
By the Mighty Mumford 