Dad would be pleased
we took the train
for an overdue visit
and a grand adventure
Up before dawn
early departure
excitement in the cool damp air
coffee on the platform
Gathering light and
growing hope
we could recapture the joy
of younger days
Delayed departure
ten minutes late
Optimism dampened
with the first hint of stress
Thirty minutes then fifty gone
we remembered
what we didn’t like
about riding the train
Feigning disdain
when I disembarked in D.C.
But that’s what Krug’s do
when engines change
We played a game
and guessed the speed
biking would be faster or walking
before our knees hurt
Further down the track
a freight hit a car
another sixty minutes standing still
time for plan B
Two and a half hours
unaccounted for
outside nothing seemed askew
inside time stopped
A whole day, a lifetime
side by side
Dad would be pleased
we took the train