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Steel Wheels....Iron Rails....
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Steel Wheels....Iron Rails.... |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA 
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Steel wheels, Iron rails... A passing thought as the ribbon stretched through countless miles of scrub brush, cacti and tumbleweeds. A thousand miles of nowhere, reflecting of another time as the gentle sway of the Iron Horse lulled me into that mental time machine of day dreams. Count the ties, feel the click of rail, smell the coal fires burning as the chugg, chugg gave the gut the feel of power. That red caboose dragging far behind, where coffee brewed slowly over the potbellied stove. A cup....laced tenderly with sugar and the following sip and ahhhh meant that heaven was there upon that steel rail....as a thousand miles of nowhere drifted into memories and dreams. The startling darkness of the unsuspected tunnel, where sounds grew fearsomely loud...and the breath was held until the tunnel end again shone the light. Imagine the days, where deer and antelope played the range and a nickel bought a buck’s worth of anything... Were those guys on horses just cowboys or....were their bandanas around their necks today? A thousand miles of heaven’s rail as the slow sip brings yet another “Ahhhhh”....... |
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QjQ Member Elite
since 2003-04-18
Posts 3756U.S.A. |
enjoyed the write n read very nice,,, |
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dingusjr Member
since 2003-09-24
Posts 415Missouri |
"a nickle bought a buck's worth of anything".....I like that..like the whole damn thing........thanks for sharing! Larry |
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Saunni Senior Member
since 2000-07-11
Posts 1777West Virginia |
Just Awesome!!! Sauni:)The Only Time I See The Sun Is When I'm Within That Vanilla Breeze.The Only Time I'm One With The Sun Is When He Shelters Me From The Rain. |
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