everyone gets a ticket for the train
it is only when your ticket gets punched
that you pay attention
me, I plan to stand on the observation platform
and watch while the world rolls past
then wander through the cars
stopping to talk now and then with my fellow travelers
perhaps spend some quiet hours
high up in the observation car
and eventually go all the way forward
to meet the engineer
who, it turns out
is me.
now, that’s a train ride
