SAW YOU ON THE L - w4m - West Side to the East Side (no diggity)
We both got on the L at 8th Ave. It was 2:15 a.m., early Friday morning. You were sitting in the back of the subway car, diagonally across from me and my two friends. The car was nearly empty, but my friends and I were a bit drunk and loud…Specifically, we were in the midst of a heated debate over the lyrical content of the Beyoncé song “Single Ladies.” As the subway doors closed and the train started moving, I looked over and saw you had your head in your hands, rapidly bouncing your knee up and down in an anxious tick. Listening to us argue about whether a Beyoncé song was empowering or anti-feminist probably wasn’t the most compelling epilogue to your evening. In the midst of my gesticulative ramblings, my empty Poland Spring water bottle (I take hydration very seriously), flew out of my hand and rolled in front of your feet. You picked up and looked up at us. “Mind if I hold onto this?” you asked before I had time to say anything. I nodded and thought you were kind of cute–noticeably blue eyes, nicely dressed in a black winter overcoat. But asking for someone’s Poland Spring bottle? I couldn’t even try to convince myself that had been a pickup line. When I looked over again, you’d taken your coat off and spread it over you like a blanket. Weird. When my friends and I got off at 3rd Ave, a couple of minutes later, I turned around to catch one more glance of you. That’s when I saw it–the Poland Springs bottle placed inconspicuously under your seat. Filled with pee.
I just wanted to tell you, I’m glad I could contribute to your personal relief effort. I guess you don’t need bladder control when you have splatter control.
December 20th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
O M G
December 22nd, 2008 at 9:53 am
I like the way you work it
No diggity, I try to bag it up, bag it up
December 22nd, 2008 at 9:53 am
* or, in this case, bottle it up!