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# The Train
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/the-train/
- Published: 2021-07-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-07-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: Morning commute, the same routine I’m staring at my shiny screen “Hey brother, can you spare a dime? And I will shift your paradigm” Intrigued, I gesture with my phone He moves his near, I hear the tone And suddenly...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

Morning commute, the same routine  
I’m staring at my shiny screen  
“Hey brother, can you spare a dime?  
And I will shift your paradigm”  
Intrigued, I gesture with my phone  
He moves his near, I hear the tone  
And suddenly, Leia appears  
Right in midair, man, it's been years!  
Since I last saw it on TV  
When Disney meant something to me  
“Wow, it looks great!”, I tell the man  
“Is that your app? You have a plan?"  
He smiles and gestures, like a trace  
She reaches out, touches my face  
Wait, what??? I feel it on my skin  
“You’re kidding me!” I see his grin  
“I need you!”, Leia says, “right now!  
I don’t have enough time for how”  
Then sparks descend upon my head  
And I am in a cave instead  
Here’s Luke besides me, and R2  
“That’s paradigm enough for you?”  
It fades away, he clicks his screen  
“How did it feel? You’re still between?”  
“Oh man, so when do you release?  
Please, put me on the beta, please!”  
He chuckles and holds out his hand  
“The dime please…”  
And I understand

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**Author notes:** I build AR and VR experiences for a living, so this was a fun ditty to write