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The Train

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The train was moving too fast
I needed to get off 
Before the crash
I needed to get out 
We needed each other 
To enjoy the ride
But it couldn’t last
The train was moving too fast

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Don Matthews

Sat 14th Dec 2019 02:50

Is that why I fall asleep half-way through long poems

zonk

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kimberly

Sat 14th Dec 2019 00:11

Less is more!

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Don Matthews

Fri 13th Dec 2019 22:16

So good Mika. Short, succint. Says it all. My kind of poem......

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