Coo Coo For My Choo Choo

Dear oh deer -Bambi in between

Coo Coo For My Choo Choo

The trains are always on time

One running north

One running south

On the same track

It makes perfect sense when they collide

Who are we to question business practice

Authority is always right up and down the line

Little Bambi nibbles grass between the rails

Poor thing doesn't understand mass transit

East and West are foreign concepts too

Poor dear only knows north and south directions

And does not question and can not spell

She looks up and down the track for traffic

And gets confused by choo choos actions

Going fast on rails is funny and must be fun

Two steps up and two steps back then crash!

Her final words were whispered

Coo coo ca choo... then Boom!

Bye bye Bambi bye-bye

The trains are always on time

Up and down the line

Authors note: Sadly this tragic event below is a true story that happened this past week end.

*At least two people were killed early Sunday when an Amtrak passenger train collided with a CSX freight train in South Carolina. About 70 people were transported from the scene with injuries, according to the Lexington County Sheriff's Office.The collision occurred about 2:35 a.m. in Cayce, S.C., near Charleston Highway and Pine Ridge Road, authorities said. The Amtrak train was No. 91, traveling between New York and Miami. The Amtrak train's lead engine derailed, as did some passenger cars, an Amtrak statement said.

My only questions are; Why can't they figure out how to have one set of tracks devoted for north bound trains and another set of tracks devoted for south bound trains? Is it really that complicated?