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STEAM ENGINE LUST c. 2003 by Mike Gregory 1. On top an old smoke stack, all covered with rust, I blew a small fortune on steam engine lust. 2. I’d found an old engine in somebody’s shed “Take me home and LOVE me!” sang a voice in my head. 3. I hired a hauler for a cross-country trip It cost me a bundle, not including the tip. 4. I couldn’t leave my engine Outside in the rain, so I put up a shelter and the neighbors complained. 5. I haunted the swap meets, and it gladdend my heart each time I spent money for another wierd part. 6. An X-ray technician the tubes then did test. I kept both the good ones, and replaced all the rest. |
7. Then it’s “Fire up the welder” and make more repairs And bolt things together, midst mutters and swears. 8. My wife helped de-rust it, (that woman’s a SAINT!) and help me hand-brush it with six coats of paint. 9. The boiler inspector said it barely passed, but gave me a permit, at long weary last. 10. I go to conventions, in my ragged old pants. But my big shiny engine Draws many a glance. 11. And that’s my whole story, just a few stanzas long of steamers and dreamers put down in a song. |