Penny Pinching By William Marsland.

[billy]

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Penny Pinching.

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Half buried in limestone chippings
creosoted coffins bleed;
dark brown on virgin white.
Rails rattle the tale of steam
within their polished gleam of steel.
Copper coins are placed upon
their copper bottomed heads and spread.
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by W. Marsland.

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[addy]

Dunno if I got this right, but is it about putting pennies on the train tracks? Didn't quite catch the reference about the "coffins", though.

Still, nicely done. Love the twist on the title

[billy]

yeah, as kids we'd wait for the steam train and when it was coming we'd put stones on the line and be amazed at how easy they were crushed. if we had one we'd also put a penny on the line. it would double in siz. the coffins were the wooden sleepers.

[addy]

Ah, that makes sense