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JLG Noga's avatar

true imagist forces at play here, really great work annie

Annie Hendrix's avatar

🙏🙏🙏 ty!!

Nick Winney's avatar

excellent.

Azure Jo Storm's avatar

I do so enjoy poems that expand on the mundane moments of society, this was really great thank you for sharing!

Mark Crutchfield's avatar

Was there last week Annie and it was just like this. Great poem!

wildflower's avatar

I feel this (twice, every day).

A. Razor's avatar

I used to live in a squat next to that Bart station, many fond memories of those days…

Keith Charles's avatar

Not the BART, but I never thought I'd miss the piss soaked stench of the red line while coming back home from house parties in Chicago.

Thanks for making the nostalgia of mundane city commutes beckon me like a hot cartoon pie scent trail.

Anna Judd's avatar

you had me at "ram ventilation"

Dan Araujo's avatar

Liked “blue light tail race” makes me think of BART

Annie Hendrix's avatar

thanks Dan!

David Morris's avatar

Pleasure is all mine.

David Morris's avatar

I don't even know how many times I've ridden BART! Good poem! 😀

Annie Hendrix's avatar

Thanks David!

Victory Palace Poetry's avatar

Ah the fun of commuting! I can totally relate, haha. Those smells must have been really intense!

I've been a lifelong commuter and seeing that picture (especially with the Yellow line) I almost thought it was one of my stops! I've got a few commuter poems on my stack as well and it was good to see another one--and--as your husband observed--had a funny punchline. 👍

Annie Hendrix's avatar

ty! I love public transport, but not at rush hour haha. Thanks for reading!

Victory Palace Poetry's avatar

YW, I like it too, especially when it works.