Monday, December 21, 2009

twenty-eight: caught


Sunday before Christmas: the time when people begin to start making their obligatory holiday visitations.
The BART is filled with bodies holding serious relative hangovers.
A younger couple sitting due to obvious family fatigue gets up for an older couple, dawning fresh grandkid smiles.
The subway begins moving as the old man tries to sit.
He nearly falls onto his back, the young man leaps into action, catching him before he hits the floor.
The BART erupts in applauds,
The old woman pulls a candy bar from her purse, however the smile on the old man’s face is reward enough.

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