Prompt 6

Train Tour

Slowly they drift toward the station, iron filings drawn to a magnet. They ignore the steady passage of the freight wagons. They have no time for the sleek, smooth virgin as she rushes down the tracks. Awed into silence, they await the return of a legendary hero.

In green livery,
The Flying Scotsman whistles
As he steams past them.

©Ardelle Hollis Ray

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