Archive for the ‘subway’ Category
Morning scene #42
“Memphis versus St. Louis…” He waited. “St. Louis,” she answered quietly, looking down at the paper. “New Mexico versus Long Beach State?” “Long Beach State.” He held his pen three inches above the sheet on his right leg as he sat. His starched white shirt cuff ventured out from the sleeve of his blue pinstripe [...]
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Chemistry
“Bromine and hypobromous acid make water at room temperature,” she said, over the rapid clack of the train wheels on the downtown #2 express. “Remember that; it’s going to be on the test.” Tall and slender, she clicked her gum and swayed her taut black-jeaned hips against the brushed steel pole as her shorter blonde [...]
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Downtown B train
Brushing past me on the downtown B train, she wore her anger outwardly, like a worn red sweater, pilling on the chest and fraying at the cuffs. Mine seethed, like a seam separating as a thin, clear thread was pulled toward the sneer behind an invisible hand. Etching: attributed to Pieter Jansz
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“Monday” / cinquain
Monday Foggy morning. Mesmerized, she’s alone Nihilistically. Subway Lurches. photo: Sion Fullana
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uptown express #3
The woman with the page haircut stood steps away from the couple twenty years her younger as they clung to the subway pole in the center of the car. She considered them. The younger woman faced her lover. She wore a spaghetti-strap lycra top, revealing a tattoo of a black-and-blue star between her shoulder blades. [...]
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