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As The Train Rolls On MAG
The train speeds people through the city.
Warm riders read newspapers
On a cold winter day.
The barren streets are empty,
Except for a broken down automobile.
Derelicts sleep in the sewer grate,
Trying to keep warm.
A man walks around in a thin coat,
Looking for food in a dumpster.
Some days, he finds a sandwich.
Today, he is not so lucky.
Today, he will go hungry.
Meanwhile, the train rolls on,
And the apathetic riders
Do not acknowledge poverty and deprivation
In their seemingly perfect world.
They do not see that
The street people cannot board the train
Because they are poor and uneducated.
The gap between the two groups widens,
And the train continues to move on.
Unless the riders on the train help
Those who are less fortunate,
The train will not stop for them.
The train will roll on
And the gap will grow wider
until the train finally disappears
In the early morning light.
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