American Train Trip

Sitting on an Amtrak train heading back to NYC

Pass through Mystic, Connecticut 

Quaint country houses, a huge river

Big bridge with bright lights

Feel like a character in a movie

The guy at the table across talks rapid fire on his cell

About Jack Black who was supposed to

Hit up the presentation today and how in spite of

Jack having that high six figure salary

He's got no experience at this job

How he had to take Jack Black's place 

And do what Jack Black should have done

Patricia is supposed to be his boss 

But he has to tell her what to do

“It's like a marriage,” he proclaims

The train conductor announces

Arriving at New Haven, Connecticut in 2 minutes

Fellow passenger’s cross conversation and my movie end

Inspired I search for my pen and remember 

Mariel asked to borrow it and didn’t return it

I pull my luggage from the corner 

Ransack roughly through my clothes 
Find my iPad, pull it out and write this poem instead