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Our Poet Laureate, Paul Hertelendy, is on his way home from a trip to Europe. His poetic impressions will continue next week. |
 THE TRAIN TO BERMUDA By PAUL HERTELENDY of TheColumnists.com The mainliner "Rain Line" express train connections from Paris to London Require that the travelers pass metal detectors Denying admission to sinister criminal terrorists. During boarding one day the security forces neglected to seize My trusty small pen-knife I squirrel away in my pocket for slicing up oranges. Thus they had left me with grievous temptation To bypass the rains and to hijack the train, To divert it to sun-drenched Bermuda, where warmth on the beaches And blue sky each day's guaranteed, if brochures are credible.
Folly to even consider the notion. Pray, what if, instead of Bermuda, the trainman propels us To grime-coated outskirts of soggy old Birmingham En route to London |