(subtitled Sydney to Gosford via the Scenic Route) <br /> <br />Seven passengers wanted to go as far as Gosford,50km north <br />But somehow they ended up taking a much further course <br />The evening had not started well when their train was delayed <br />By two hours, already tempers were starting to fray <br /> <br />Our intrepid group were then herded on to a coach of the Pegasus line <br />This was the vehicle to which they were assigned <br />It wasn't until Newcastle appeared in the rear view mirror <br />That they began wondering when they'd eat dinner <br /> <br />It seems the coach line was aptly named: Pegasus, the winged horse <br />Once its flight to Brisbane commenced, it couldn't change course <br />Even for a poor boy from a remand home who had a curfew <br />Or an old pensioner couple who had to travel the dark night through <br /> <br />On the bus flew, hour after hour, their destination receding <br />The bus driver couldn't stop, no matter their begging or pleading <br />Monday morning found them staggering out,900 km further north than planned <br />And told to make their own way back, RailCorp would not lend a hand <br /> <br />(Sydney, Australia - 2009)<br /><br />Alessandra Liverani<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/pegasus-the-horse-that-winged-it-humour/
