The twenty five year old man sits on the bench
reading
the newspaper. Recent events bore him
It is the Sudoku that keeps his mind sharp and gives him interest.
But he is more interested in the
36. 24. 36.
Brunette standing a few feet away.
She wears a yellow v-neck t-shirt and jacket
And high black boots.
He looks from afar yet discreetly
Deciding it can’t get worse than it is now
He gets up.

The twenty-six year old woman stood at the train station
Waiting
For the train. She can’t stand early trains.
This one was 10 min early, causing her to miss it and wait.
Then she sees him
The scruff makes him cute
The plain white-t, a classic look
The newspaper hints intelligence.
She sneak peeks and hoped he’d talk to her
Then he walks this way

His footsteps echoed on the cobble stone floor
Each step is agonizing
A shock of nerves jolt through his body
Each step is a sliver of hope
All light seems to attract to her
A glow radiates from her
As she leans against the pole

He starts by saying
“Hi.”
A mutual attraction increased exponentially
Starting slow
But building up
Connecting on a level others wouldn’t get
A force stronger than gravity.


She looks forward to a train ride
with this man
but she is still late.
She peers over the tracks
Spots the train
As she leans back her boot heel breaks
Causing
Her to fall.
Panic

Then she isn’t falling
This man
Her man (she decides)
Grabs her and throws her onto the station platform

Falling.
Falling down.
Falling down over the edge onto the train tracks.
Flailing his arms to grab
grab onto anything
The toot of the train whistle sounds
With despair in the man’s eyes
he looks at the woman with
hope
As the train rails through the man’s body
he looks at the woman and
winks.