Subway Story No. 3

I took the G train for the first time today. I've lived in New York for six some years. The subways were running irregularly due to weekend construction, and some local trains were running express. The electronic announcements didn't change, however. And so, as we were running express on the uptown 6, the annoucements came every minute. Now approaching Canal Street (ping) . . . now approaching Spring Street (ping) . . . now approaching Astor Place (ping) . . . The man across from me, his skin as thin as paper, squinted at the map. His eyes scanned the stations, as if wondering if the train would stop. Posted by eku at January 24, 2004 4:52 PM