train music

i stand
on the subway with
music
bubbling in my ears

across from me
a man
with a salty beard and
big black headphones
sits and dances
he dances
as he sits with his
big black headphones

i
can hear the
music:

oontz
oontz
oontz
oontz

eyes closed
lips
moving
with his thick
brown hands
karate-chopping the
air
between us

oontz
oontz
oontz
oontz

i turn
my music down
until the bubbling
stops
and the two of us are
dancing
now to the
sound
seeping from his
big black headphones

oontz
oontz
oontz
oontz

what a
sight
we must have been
standing there
sitting there

dancing

to the music from those
big black headphones

oontz
oontz
oontz
oontz

a
few minutes later
i get off
the subway

twirl
a scarf around
my neck

the air is COLD and
loud

i watch the
train gurgle
past
and tuck my chin
inside my
scarf as i trudge up
the sidewalk

a kid
with yellow hair
fires up
a cigarette

the sky is cold and
LOUD

i
wish i had
big black headphones