the f train revised

i had to post this here,
after listening to an interview with the new pornographers on cbc this morning i was overcome with whistful reverie, days long since passed in brooklyn. the band is canadian, so much closer to here than there - but one mention of auster and lethem and a brooklyn literary tradition and i was a wobbly mess..

so stole this from myself - from elsewhere.
'the insufferable f train'

I APOLOGISE ladies and gentleman' boomed the strangely clear and coherent voice over the PA "but we are being held in the station by the selfish individual holding the doors to the last carriage...'

Heads, usually burried or closed behind blase transit faces, look up.

'We will move on,' continues the voice,' as soon as said individual realises that the MTA is here to provide a system of public transport and that we endeavour to run to a universal schedule and not his personal one.'

Faces have warmed with silent smiles and the train winds its way up the hill out of the Carroll St station.

Moments later the PA crackles to life once more.

'You might think that your ivy league education makes you better than everyone, but remember, in the subway ALL ARE EQUAL'

The carriage cheers, one commuter high fives his neighbour and both the train and night roll on.