“Here comes a train and it’s out of control
Blasting its whistle and belching out coal
Up ahead there are five people tied to the track
It’s going too fast and there’s no turning back
A flick of a switch and the train will divert
to a line where the five people will not get hurt
But there’s one person already tied to that line
So do you flick the switch, or do you decline?
Now you are standing upon a footbridge,
As another train heads towards certain carnage
Five people tied up – but you have a plan
Beside you is standing a very large man.
If you push the man onto the track down below
His massive bulk will cause the engine to slow
You’ll save five lives but the large man will die
So the question is: would you kill the big guy?”
Taken from www.nigelcarrington.com in a reading for the BBC
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4 comments:
Received an email from the author of the poem Ben Motley, helping me with corrections to some of the words I was having a hard time making out (must be my American accent getting in the way ... :) ).
Thank you Mr. Motley. Great writing, and love the poem!
jp
Nice that you received correspondence from the author of this poem. Wonder how he found your website???
My answer to the poem is this: why not stop the train?
Okay, I just re-read the poem and realize the train is going too fast to stop.
I retract my previous statement.
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