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It is a perfect choice for the funeral of railway enthusiasts I read it just last week at the funeral of a retired railway engineer.
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This poem cleverly uses the analogy of a train ride to symbolise both the idea of death being the final leg of our travels, with the concept that life has a natural order, and that we must accept that some of us will depart sooner than others. We are all familiar with the idea that life is a journey.
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