Riding the Rails
3 min readMay 31, 2021
Beats laying your head on the track, waiting for the vibrations to clue you in.
The air inside the train was no fresher than the stagnant and oppressive atmosphere of the station platform. I found an empty seat — they were all empty, but some were less dilapidated than others, and a few had upholstery that had rotted through, with flecks of bonded Naugahyde dotting the metal floor like faded confetti.
