LET'S HOP A FREIGHT TRAIN AND SEE WHERE IT GOES
WHAT WOULD THAT BE LIKE WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE
WHEN I WAS A KID I THOUGHT OF THESE THINGS
MANY ADVENTURES IMAGINING BRINGS
Author's Notes/Comments:
I SAW A HOBO ON A FREIGHT TRAIN ON TV IN A MOVIE OR TV SHOW MAYBE JEFF'S COLLIE OR LASSIE WHEN I WAS A KID AND IT SEEMED LIKE SOMETHING FUN TO DO...HOP ON A TRAIN NO IDEA WHERE IT WAS GOING OR WHERE YOU MIGHT END UP HAVING ADVENTURES ALONG THE WAY...THERE WAS A TRAIN STOP NOT TOO FAR AWAY WITH A COMMUTER LINE CALLED MILWAUKEE ROAD THAT WE TOOK SOMETIMES TO VISIT OUR AUNT IN BENSENVILLE AND I USED TO SEE FREIGHT TRAINS GOING BY TOO AND WONDERED WHERE THEY WERE HEADING AND WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO HOP ON ONE OF THOSE...NEVER THINKING OF HOW I WOULD GET BACK HOME OR ANYTHING PRACTICAL OFCOURSE...IT SEEMED LIKE IT WOULD BE SOMETHING INTERESTING AND FUN TO DO...