From the window of my little roomette

I watch the landscape scrolling past

It is as varied as the people aboard

Each a different story, a different mindset

Scenery has been staged, all riders in the cast

The unwritten script requiring a certain accord

 

The anatomy of this production is never static

Characters continue to enter and leave the stage

Dynamics altered from coach to coach

In the observation car I observe each one’s shtick

Watch the eyes and body language as they engage

Register subtle changes as new characters approach

 

There on the train are the old and the young

The loud and brass to the timid and restrained

Varied social classes and a mixture of cultures

Provide lines of script voiced in various tongue

Providing a certain sense of being entertained

There are melodramas, comedy and adventures

 

A train ride of theatrics, stories within a story

Applications of diversity, a study in psychology

Characters worthy of quiet observation

The nuances of life’s performances to see

Upon a train as it rumbles on, a new play has begun