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Insomnia Derails a Train on a Quiet Night

November 15, 2010
By Icy96 PLATINUM, Romeoville, Illinois
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Horace Mann: “Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.”

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It's funny how
I never really noticed
how lonely a train's whistle can sound
as it blows so long and lonely
so far off in the distance.
It's the saddest sound in the world
And as I lay here
as I do on many nights,
insomniac that I am,
I can't help but feel
drawn to that sound
to that loneliness & heartache
to that long whistle blow
that gives me chills.

© Matt D., St Peters, MO

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