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grooveamaticgrooveamatic Posts: 1,374
edited January 2005 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
That made me very happy. Thanks.
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  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,275
    charles wrote:
    Isolation
    I’m a subway driver. Today is new years eve, I volunteered to work all night.
    23h58, Opera Station, you don’t imagine the people you find in stations at that time that day, big cities can be tricky. I was about to close doors, outside, a small group of young peoples joking, talking loud. One of them smiled to me. I wandered why, wandered what was wrong. No reason why any one should notice me, let alone show interest. I’m the subway driver, isolated in my compartment. Found myself closing doors, heading to next station, in the dark, thinking that smile was definitly for me, no matter who, or why, and I did not answer! As the train kept rolling in the dark, I hoped it would still be close enough to midnight by next sation…
    You write poignant and beautiful pieces, including this one. I didn't sense the chaos that could be at public transportation stations, I really sensed how life flows.
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
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