sherku: missing touch

Apple bannered South Station

Apple could have provided

an iPod to touch

What is a sherku?
 
#twitpoem
#140poets

realization

mechanical voice drones

footsteps quicken then the

race is on to catch the train

What is a sherku?
 

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sherku: realization - mechanical voice drones/ footsteps quicken then the/ race is on to catch the train// #twitpoem #140poets

Franklin Line #717 Outbound

They choose to stand leaning
With the train on the curves
Rather than sit middle seat

What is a sherku?

this old train

From hours of rolling
Travel station to station
Form fitted naugahyde

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signal poles - 2

Signal poles spaced one hundred
Feet apart, no wire to
Carry, tracks run seamless

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signal poles - 1

Signal poles spaced one hundred
Feet apart, no wire to
Carry, cross to old ways

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something in the sunrise

Something in the sunrise
On the horizon says
Wall Street is not a concern

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train buddy says

Like a Gloucester fisherman
Yellow slicker beaded wet
It’s a bad hair day

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plenty of advice

Wow! A derailed train!
Thirty safety vests clustered
Telling Joe what to do

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derailed

How do trains derail?
Wheels go slip slide away
Or switch thrown incorrectly?

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train reading

Bright September sun
Hinders my train reading,
Should have sat across the aisle

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Franklin Line: Dorchester Branch

Takes time to work on a bridge

That still needs to be used

Trains run single file

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railroad ties

New ties stacked green banded

Five by five to a bundle

Lay down a smooth ride

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happy couple 2

Camera in hand, her arm
Extended above the seat
Their love captured now

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happy couple 1

Couple cuddled, then alert
Told their ticket was only
Half price; they relaxed

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Franklin Line: South Station

The eagle surveys Dewey Square
Shows its backside track side
On top South Station

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Franklin Line: Hyde Park

A place for a good kids game
Skipping, jumping, playing
Seeking fun at Hyde Park

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Franklin Line: Backyard view

Sheds, stacks, discards, everyone
Has them along the edge
Or behind their wood fence

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Franklin Line: Forge Park

Coals give heat, bellows fan
Flames, tongs reach through to the end
Of the line at Forge Park

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Franklin Line: Back Bay

Once marshland, filled and
Filled with lowered hills
Seagulls cry out in Back Bay

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