life as a subway map

you can get on and ride until the end and have to get off at some point

you can get on and ride and get off near your house and walk

you can get on and get off and get a taxi

you can never get on

you can ride your bike

you can take the same route every day

you can take the same route only once in your life time

you can "just visit"

or you can matriculate into the thousands who are just using the subway and don't really see it as anything other than a necessary means of transport.

me,

i am not any of these,

the subway to me isn't something i want to get used to.

i want to get on the subway with a friend

and do it a couple of times

and never get a sense of normalcy from anything i do.

unless i have to use the subway

of course

but i want to get lost on the subway because i know i can call a taxi and i can find my way back another way,

there's no danger to the subway.

there aren't any unmarked packages

there's not any crazy knife fights

no vampires

no ghost stories

i don't have to sit too close for comfort to someone i don't know.

it's a sparing thing.

i'd rather take amtrak and go to another city.

or just stay home

or grab a cab.

the subway is used for adventures only.