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I numbly watch a foreign man on the train. He talks across the car to some New Yorkers who half listen to him whilst simultaneously eavesdropping on two Amazonian Jews having an argument: one claims injustice. The train crawls on its old, screeching belly. Molasses moves faster in January, but it is January and I feel like molasses I guess the city reflects my thoughts... The Amazons are now passive aggressive, I duck my head so they don't know I've listened to the laundry list of a tell tale sign of exhaustion. Fatigued, I memorize the line of the page of my empty journal. Wishing, Willing Them to fill with a lively recognizable speed of change.
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Feb 23, 2011
Feb 23, 2011 at 7:44 PM UTC
Subway Ride Home
I numbly watch a foreign man on the train. He talks across the car to some New Yorkers who half listen to him whilst simultaneously eavesdropping on two Amazonian Jews having an argument: one claims injustice. The train crawls on its old, screeching belly. Molasses moves faster in January, but it is January and I feel like molasses I guess the city reflects my thoughts... The Amazons are now passive aggressive, I duck my head so they don't know I've listened to the laundry list of a tell tale sign of exhaustion. Fatigued, I memorize the line of the page of my empty journal. Wishing, Willing Them to fill with a lively recognizable speed of change.
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Feb 23, 2011
Feb 23, 2011 at 7:44 PM UTC
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