Tagged: train
by the time the train
by the time the train
pulls into the station, we
are ready or caught
off guard – it’s a delicate
balance, timing it just right
.
20221114:2148
y
bus, train, or car ride –
bus, train, or car ride –
opportunistic sightseeing:
one; chance nap: zero
.
20220120:1917
y
after a
after a
packed train
pulls away
from a
crowded
subway platform,
those morning commuters
who are left behind to
wait for the
next
train
turn into
choristers, huddled
together in
sections,
arranged
by time and
gumption, over best
sound, heads down,
conductor-
less, tuned
out
and into
the digital
music of their
lives, primed for
the next set of
train doors to
open right
in front of
them
.
20180510:0743
y
now and then, i am
now and then, i am
on the train, watching you read
a book i know is
so good because i’ve already
read it, filling me with envy
.
20180429:2302
y
hours before boarding
hours before boarding
the train, deciding what to
do with the tulips
.
20170331:2321
y
everything that is
as soon as the doors slide
as soon as the doors slide
open on the Manhattan-
bound L-train, we pick our
seated target, step
into the car,
making a beeline
to settle in front of our
fellow commuter
who looks most like
a Lorimer
or a Bedford –
if we get lucky,
it’s a smooth,
seated ride the rest
of the way, even if
we get a little stuck
in the tunnel
.
20151030:0745
y
when the system is
when the system is
working
for us, our minds
have long adjusted
as though
it has always been so,
so that with any
veering, we
grumble, squeal
along the curves,
allow logic to drag
.
20150720:0914
y
you can’t fight your way
you can’t fight your way
to the front of the train doors
and not budge once you’ve
stepped through – i guess everyone
has their own form of sanity
.
20150515:1045
y
it’s raining, you can’t
it’s raining, you can’t
take any chances, tucking
and retucking the
remains of two garbage bags,
one long train ride to nowhere
.
20150417:1853
y
y 