After the Show
I’ve never been a fan of crowds. Riding metro after an event in DC, sweaty, stinky bodies pressed together, is my version of hell.
Bodies jostle. An unreasonably angry voice booms with that ugly tone that makes me shrink back into my seat. Gasps, a woman screams, a body falls. The nice man who gave me his seat. Blood pools on the left side of his chest. And I hear it, the rattle rising from the back of his throat, as if there were no other sounds in the car, a desperate sound I’ve heard once before. A trickle of blood spills over his lips. For just a moment, as I lean forward to offer my hand, my presence, his eyes meet mine, and I witness the exact moment life leaves his body.
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Sascha Darlington 4/26/2018
Yikes and Wow. Curious about inspiration for this. Ride the metro a lot?
Used to do it all of the time. Now where I live it’s actually quicker to drive than to take the metro.
And I was expecting a nice story about Washington DC, that I have visited and loved! Great writing as always Sascha.
https://iainkellywriting.com/2018/04/26/w-is-for-warsaw-poland/
Sorry, I must have a nice DC story around here somewhere….after all it IS hometown. If not, I’ll write one, with cherry blossoms and the Potomac River! 🙂
Thanks, Iain.
I haven’t been on Metro since last summer when I took my sister and her family into DC. It’s always a grueling experience. I’m happy not to be a commuter… 😁
Ah, a local! Yes, I work home as often as possible. It’s more efficient in a lot of ways. 🙂
I actually work in Centreville, but it’s only a twenty minute drive and it’s so early that traffic isn’t bad at all. I know! I got excited when I saw a DC post!
and most of the traffic is going in the other direction! 🙂 Yay!
WOW just wow! Hope I never…. roflmao
After an experience like that, I’d never wish to travel the Metro again!
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