"I'm going to go back there someday" - Doggerel meme

Today has been Declared Doggeral Day
here is my contribution

As I was coming home last night
I met a poet quite contrite
He had been waiting long in vein
For a fellow poet to arrive by train

And so he told me of his disaster
At a local reading he is their slam master
He had arranged his friend from the coast
To act tonight as their slam host

For their usual hosts wished to compete
And to fill both roles would be seen as a cheat
I waited with him and we talked of his plan
To prepare a team for the national slam

He called the lo-cal to say he was afraid
That the poetry start would be delayed
For even at speeds that he would drive
He could not arrive both on time and alive

The train with the host did finally appear
The two poets then took of in high gear
I never would have guessed from when we first met
How responsible that Sean Conlon would get