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Night Train Screams

Night train screaming down The hill, grinder for Metal rails in Earth’s dust. Painful reminder of war Carrying troops to battle. Her screams echo those of the dying soldiers.

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Michelle Faulkner

Date: 1/24/2019 11:40:00 PM

I can hear the screams now, the cost of war-

M. L. Kiser
Date: 1/25/2019 11:34:00 AM

It was horrifically noisy for several years and those trains ran all night and day; prior, there were only three; two in the day; one at night. Thanks.

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 1/21/2019 7:48:00 AM

War has never seemed this real.

M. L. Kiser
Date: 1/21/2019 6:08:00 PM

Wow, it's a description of the local trains back when the Afghan war broke out; for several years those trains were so loud; I'd hear them all night when usually there was only one during the night for several years during that war. It was unnerving. Thanks.

Line Gauthier

Date: 1/21/2019 7:29:00 AM

Vivid imagery, ML. Well done.

M. L. Kiser
Date: 1/21/2019 7:30:00 AM

Good, thanks so much for saying so.