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Rey Quigley in Long Beach Ca, Taken by Justin Stock
Rey Quigley in Long Beach Ca, Taken by Justin Stock

among every busy, fatiguing day, awaited the hour commute back home

 

the shaky ride, the people watching, the pungent smell that stung the nose

 

no matter how many times she rode the train

 

despite the uneasiness that came with the ride,

 

it was a time of decompression

 

headphones on, but not too loud in case someone approached,

 

the scrolling, catching up on texts and notifications,

Metro A in La taken by Journalism Club

the pondering of what to eat when the ride ended, the eagerness of seeing her black cat,

 

who very much so awaited her return

 

but when those things came to an end and she still had 35 minutes left of her ride

 

the thoughts crept in, a moody song queuing just in time to fit the headspace

 

the sinking feeling of loneliness, pulling her deep, no matter how many people surrounded her

 

scenes of the city whirling by outside the train windows,

 

sun setting, casting running shadows on every surface

 

the thoughts always became too much during this time

 

threatening her to surrender to them

 

by the end of the ride, it had always felt as if she had been in a train wreck

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