This scary thing happened today

We were in the packed subway station waiting for the train when this happened:

1. The doors opened and a lot of people came out before we could go in. Avri was behind me.
2. I felt someone push me inside the crowded train (I…

The Ride of Their Lives

Dear Hillary and Bernie,

I know you’ve both had your share of problems this week with our fine city’s MTA not “Going Your Way” and I can truly say as a fellow American, Democrat, New Yorker, and most of all, straphanger… I feel for you. I really do. The…

Intimacy

Once, on a semi-crowded subway train, I was leaning against the doors and a woman stood nearby with her friend. She was perfectly well-groomed, except that her hand, which gripped the pole right at my eye level, had a finger with a couple hangnails on it. I felt a weird intimacy, staring at those simple…