Introduction

TRAINZ is a computer program, a sort of virtual train set. I'm not sure whether this poem would be funny to someone that didn't know that or not! It has gone over well with my friends, but then your friends, being nice people will laugh at anything if they think you expect them to!

Trainz

I opened up my box of Trainz and had a peek inside
Impatience wouldn't let me wait, I had to take a ride.
I built some hills and lots of trees across a sweeping lawn
Then laid out a small loop of track to run my engine on.

Round and round the engine flew, around the track I'd laid,
I raised the line about ten feet and made a little grade.
More round and round was boring so my line had to expand!
No limitations blocked my way, the world, mine to command.

I put some points at either end and some at either side
Then built a high and graceful bridge across a river wide.
My extra rolling stock would have to have a shunting yard,
And cars and trucks can travel on my leafy boulevard!

My train set grew like Topsy, ever westward toward my sea,
Rolling on through town and village, ever forward, ever free!
Pushing on through virgin forest and across the desert wide,
Looping round the rugged mountains till I came out on this side.

But now I have a problem and I don't know what to do!
'Cause I've been on the road for days and now I'm overdue!
And that's the story officer! I'm here now on my own!
I've somehow lost my way and now I can't find my way home!

Copyright; Frank Halliwell
Email: rhymer@poetic.com
Web Site: http://home.gil.com.au/~rhymer