small collection of subway observations:
defeated souls;
gathered in-between;
moving panels tightened with screws, nuts & bolts.
some couples anew;
others withered;
some on an evident path to destruction.
out of love;
out of words;
defeated;
succumbed.
first-timers;
veterans;
homeless;
housed.
performers;
geniuses;
smart people;
children with ill-formed political opinions;
smiles in one cabin;
acts of hate in another;
wandering eyes;
some unsafe;
some comforting;
looks of indifference;
contacts of belonging.
stories of love that never began;
existed in split-seconds before the doors opened;
before new faces;
before new possibilities;
before the sudden death
of our trapped suspension in motion.
weary eyes;
bodies;
souls;
sucking in strange black liquids;
to see faint slivers of life.
workers;
business-men;
fashion-models;
actors & actresses;
students & ceos;
the diaspora begins their morning underground;
while the sun shines away.