Imprisoned Descendants

“Lunatic” they named the line
Yet it had infinitely more sense
Than their descendants
Who remain imprisoned
By their “sanity“

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Inspired by this tweet

The "Lunatic Express" Mombasa Nairobi Railway just outside the Entrance to Tsavo East https://t.co/Qj8pYGju41

The park is divided into east and west sections by the A109 road and a railway. https://t.co/nytFR8h7Ur pic.twitter.com/gve5EJCYyO

— Aly-Khan Satchu (@alykhansatchu) May 28, 2021

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Lunatic Line reference:

When I remember Kenya, I will think of trains. Not because I saw so many of them and not because I travelled in one. But the Kenya the world knows today would not exist except for a rail line that, during its design and construction, was considered such a bad idea it was dubbed the Lunatic Line.

Maybe it was crazy and maybe it was not.

~ A Train Called the Lunatic Express

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Read more about the Lunatic Line and the mythical figure Seyyid Baghali in
The Mystic of Mackinnon Road which I am delighted to note is my most popular post to date.
[It was very difficult to write, happy that I made the effort]