The Railroad Worker
I was kinda proud of this when I wrote it.
There once was a railroad worker named Tim
Many a chicken was named after him.
Tim worked all day
Hammering away
Those great cast iron nails into the railway.
A robin once flew from a nearby boulder
And landed right on his shoulder!
The robin asked "How do you work all day
Hammering away
Those great cast iron nails into the railway?
You must get tired from time to time
And you must often think you'll never reach the mine"
"I do" he replied "But look at the view
look at the glorious sunlit sky of blue
I see the world for what it is
For what is mine and what is his
I get tired working all day
Hammering away
Those great cast iron nails into the railway
But it does bring me joy too
Joy from the world and joy from you".