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He's coming down the tracks, grinding all the gears The cold steel rails he runs, inflexible, no fears Engine whines and steam combines, so screams, and disappears Down the highway of conviction, the past, now in arrears More coal, more oil, into the furnace, as boiler glows, it seems All of what he has, he is, is poured into his dreams
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Dec 12, 2016
Dec 12, 2016 at 8:32 AM UTC
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He's coming down the tracks, grinding all the gears The cold steel rails he runs, inflexible, no fears Engine whines and steam combines, so screams, and disappears Down the highway of conviction, the past, now in arrears More coal, more oil, into the furnace, as boiler glows, it seems All of what he has, he is, is poured into his dreams
I've made some punctuation changes to this one, the third line is one I have always been proud of.
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Dec 12, 2016
Dec 12, 2016 at 8:32 AM UTC
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