Steam and Steel

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My great grand-uncle was an engine-driver
A quick-tempered man
I see him as if on a winter's morning
All swathed about in wisps and skeins of steam

Perhaps I have inherited his passion
From him I am learning how to feel
More and more I see everything I know
In terms of steam and steel
Steam and steel

Fireman, feed the eager furnace
Swing that shovel, feed the flames
Stoke it 'till the safety-valve is straining
Stoke it 'till we sense the boiler seethe

And now we can release the genie
A rush of steam, a surge of skidding wheels
She settles to the rhythm
The warm and driving pulse of steam and steel

The fire and the water
The working wheels
The unbearable pressure
Steam and steel
Steam and steel

The thrust and glide of slick, sweet bearings
Dirty hands, honest sweat
Tender, so tender
Attending

A whistle in the distance
Like a ghostly scream
The growing thunder, the driving storm
A wild thresh of steel and steam

The fire and the water
The working wheels
The unbearable pressure
Steam and steel
The fire and the water
The working wheels
The unbearable pressure
Steam and steel
Steam and steel

I imagine him beside me
Describing how the world has lost its thrill
Now that his twin passions are extinguished
Steam and steel
Steam and steel
Steam
Steel

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