Crocodile caravan coming our way
Barred before
Harried behind.
Stumbling, tumbling
Plunging, floating, sinking
Stinking boats, stalled trains, shanks’ pony
Shanks long, short, aged, infant
Powerfully pounding the tarmac
Painfully limping the dirt track
Rattling along the rail track
Tottering hopefully into the Hauptbahnhof.
Mary McCabe 