Thursday, July 26th, 2012

Golden Oldie
                                         First published tftd 11/04/88


                It's not my place
                    To run the train
                The whistle I can't blow
                    It's not my place
                To say how far
                    The train's allowed to go

                It's not my place
                    To shoot off steam
                Nor even clang the bell
                    But let the train once
                Jump the track....
                    Then see who catches hell.

                        -On the wall of the Stationmaster's Office,
                         Grand Central Terminal

                         (Also seen in Korea circa 1965 at
                         an especially appropriate moment.)