THE NEXT TRAIN
N O R T H B O U N D
IS ARRIVING IN
TWO MINUTES
Said the stilted female robovoice
Northbound – Southbound
either way any way
same time different day
on the train I often see the same commuters commuting.
two construction workers boarded and sat near me:
#1: yo
#2: what’s up
#1: same shit
#2: Same Shit
#1: Same fucking Shit
#2: Same Fucking BULLshit
was the gist of their conversation
“different day” I say
They both look over at me and scowl, and then go back to their conversation, uninterested in any commentary from me.
like a stuffed shirt attempting to interject his opinion into a couple messengers' conversation on an elevator...
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But that was a different day. This day this fiction in The New Yorker made my train time evaporate. It’s right up my alley in more ways than one.
Did I say that outloud? Or is it just the voices in my head?
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