goodbye in the metro / goodbye on the platform

goodbye in the metro, sept '22

They are about to say goodbye.

The train slows,
as do they,
reaching
for each second as
they drop,
drip
down
through the cracks in the metro floor.

Blue eyes. 
Red top.
Brown stare.

"I hope I see you again."
"Good luck."

And off the train she goes,
washed away in the flow of
strangers.
Faceless;
among the drops of
time that
dripped
down
through the cracks in the metro floor.

goodbye on the platform, feb '23

They sit in a bar,
eating peanuts,
drinking beer,
crunching
time.

They're on the platform.
He chirps away,
while she clings,
to each
stroke

in desolation. 
Time counts on as
theirs counts down.
"Safe trip
home."


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