Photo and Poetry © Steve Lakey 2014
Hey, you there! Hear what I say!
I just can’t stand being sat all day.
Though the odd delay wouldn’t hurt a bit
They’ve made me look like a First Class twit.
The service on this train is poor
No steward’s entered through my door,
It’s the last time I will use a train
the standards have gone down the drain.
Sitting like a tailor’s dummy
I don’t intend to pay out money,
Until this carriage moves a mile
This whole trip has been just vile.
No more do I want to roam
I just want to get back home,
Even you would want to fidget
If you’d been left like a wax exhibit.
The photo was taken at the National Railway Museum, York, UK. I wondered what the ‘gentleman’ in the photo might be thinking…
The photo and poem were prompted by Pixel Prose Challenge, October 19th 2014, hosted by Amanda Lakey at UniqueArtChic.com. Click the logo for more details.
To view other posts in this challenge, click on the blue frog.
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Steve this one made me laugh, only you could make a story about a wax work. Your imagination is brill! Thanks for entering the challenge 😀 ❤
Thanks, Amanda. I try and find interesting photos that inspire a story or a poem! 🙂
I hear what you say. 🙂
I think it’s interesting what photos interest one leave others blank. lol
You surely got a lot of mileage out of this one.
Thanks. I think I got more mileage out out of it than the guy in the picture! 😉
For sure. He does look a bit stiff and starchy.
What a great poem Steve and loved your train of thoughts. Suppose this is what ‘a picture says a thousand words’ is about. Thank you for sharing some of your words with us.
Thanks for the positive comments. 🙂
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