Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Take the "I" Away From "Trains"

Trains
Can carry you across the plains
But take the I away from trains and you get trans-
A prefix that means “across” or “through”

An email carries your words way across town
Transmitting every single word that you wrote down
A piece of glass lets the sunlight shine right through
Because it is transparent, that’s something it can do

A motorcycle can take you across the land
Transporting you from Maine down to the Rio Grande
And if you ever take a trip across the sea
If the trip is transatlantic you might wind up in Paris

Trains
Can carry you across the plains
But take the I away from trains and you get trans-
A prefix that means “across” or “through”

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review
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