A Sleepy Morning Commute

Lady in purple tennis shoes sits forward and tall in her seat, but her eyes are closed. Her tousled hairstyle makes her look like she just rolled out of bed. But the stiff spikes imply an intentional look.

I see a look of pain on a woman's face as she tries to stake out her space next to a big woman with a baby strapped to her like a papoose. The big woman isn't sitting fully in the seat yet she's still squishing the thin woman. The baby has old-man tired eyes.

I look up a moment later and both ladies are gone--replaced by another sleeping woman and a man with big plastic glasses reading important papers.

A blonde girl with a serene look is reading Atlas Shrugged. Looking down at the paperback, her eyes look closed, enhancing the sweet look. Two other girls on the train are disheveled brunettes. They pulled on their clothes quickly this morning, rushing to work, their disarray and unpreparedness apparent.