12gauge.com 2002

Meaningless Numbers
Michael Caridi

    It's now been 7 hours on a train,
    Sorry, 3 separate trains and still 2 hours to go.

    we have been across 2 countries

    spoken at least 3 different languages

    met a heartbroken, fucked up Spanish girl

    a guy from the gold coast who has 10 minutes to get
    from a train to a plane, that are at least 30 minutes apart

    eaten at least a dozen French chocolate biscuits

    shared a cabin with a drunk
    with no ticket or money

    but it still comes down to one thing...
    it's the 25th of the 12th and the love
    that I left behind is on the other side of the world.

    Don't you just love Christmas?

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