Sometimes when it is thundering
Or just about to rain,
We line up chairs in the dining room
And make The Grady Train.
I’m usually the passenger
Complete with all my gear.
Chris is the conductor
And Lynn’s the engineer.
We blow the whistle and we chug
Like locomotives do
And pretend our destination
Is the San Diego Zoo
But if the weather takes a turn
And it really doesn’t rain,
I say I have no ticket and
They throw me off the train
Because if the sun is shining
We can just go back outside
And on a different rainy day,
We’ll take another ride.
About Elaine H Leone