Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE TRANSPORTATION SITUATION', by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS


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THE TRANSPORTATION SITUATION', by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: We have starved the steam horse
Last Line: We shall get back our horse
Subject(s): Railroads; Horses; Progress


We have starved the steam horse
On the merest clap-traps.
And in logical course
It has had a collapse.

It Is weary and old,
And it needs the best care;
Its fodder is gold,
We have fed it hot air.

We have driven it fast
With the speeding that racks;
It has fallen at last
Its parallel tracks.

W4' have bled it with bills.
We have cut it with strikes.
Till it reeled in its thills
And lay down on the spikes.

We may lash it with greed
To the top of our bent;
What if wants is its feed
Of the proper per cent.

Let us call Dr. Rate,
Let tis give him free course;
If it isn't too late.
We shall get back our horse.





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