The Train Boy And The Load Carrier. Poem by Geoffrey Fafard

Years ago high in the hills
I met an awesome thin man
Upon his back he held
the largest load I have ever beheld
I named him the Load Carrier
Of the mountains
I was so remiss in not helping
This smiling man at the moment.
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I met him again in a new form
On the Kathgodam to Delhi train
He worked so hard for all on board
For seven straight hours
With food and bags
Running in duty, dutiful in care
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He knew I was ill and in a fever
He lifted all of mine onto the platform
And in return I gave him nothing
He gave me only the hugest smile
I am in debt now forever to
Two men of India
For the rest of eternity.