And so
it seems the California High Speed Rail might go
between Bakersfield and Merced and not as first planned to
speed all
the way, back and forth, between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Now we as Cali patriots tell you that both Bakersfield and Merced are
delightful places. But we wonder if
there is a critical mass of people who want to visit either place and
if there
might be even fewer who want to travel, no matter how quickly, between
the two.
No
surprise then that our friend Jerome, who as we have mentioned
before is at loose ends these days, might have thoughts about this,
especially
since he is in, and moreover of, the Great Valley involved. So Jerome was thus
‘called to the pen’ and sent us this poem:
California
High Speed Rail
Jerome
Off
to San Francisco
SoCal’s
cars leaving
400
miles or so
Car
‘cabin fevering.’
Yet,
need not such toil
Great
Valley will yield
on
below with the oil
Stop!
Now instead
leave
the car there
High
Speed Rail fare
whole
way to Merced!
In
the train carriages
saved
marriages
wine
sips
friendships.
Almond
trees row
citrus
fruits grow
cement
rivers flow
on
by. Smiles
119
miles.
Then
well rested
Left
off to choose
From
the best of
car renting booths.
© 2020
End