gasps of bewilderment

                                                                           Attribution: Kabelleger / David Gubler
Image: To transport nitrates from
its mines to the port, the Company
operates a 3 ft 6 in gauge railway  (here)

MLMM's 12 given words:

gasps left cold angels loss dust snare  
remember pause  days dial slap

gasps of bewilderment left some cold 
sweat where even angels were the loss
for words thinking of the efforts and

risks in trying to earn a decent living

dust and stones may cause to spring
a snare on the freedom and safety of
transporting the load a slow operation
already with the long line of wagons

they just had to remember to pause and
hope nothing untoward should happen on
days of likely strong winds where the
ability to dial on the cell phone was
of little assurance

heavenly for a locomotive driver out of
work slapped with the moral responsibility
of having to feed hungry mouths praying and
waiting in a dilapidated shack at the bottom
of the hill for his safe return every evening

For Brenda's Sunday Whirl's Wordle #232  and
Mary's Poetry Pantry #284 at Poets United