Albino Python

Revel to the rare and exotic sound of spoken English,

turban,

fedora,

capri

burka,

Avoid eye contact, don't cross the yellow line,

stay in the DWA.

Descending stairs to the north bound trains

an array of Rochart ink blots done in gum,

a desperate need for a high pressure hose,

a rush of warm stagnant air,

the train is approaching,

squeeze in, the rush for seats,

darkness to light and back again,

the metaphor of urban life.

A view of shoes and a need to wash my hands,

psychotic episode or just a cell phone?

Print ad for Pardon Services,

“Don't let your past limit your future.”

What demographics am I riding with?

Stale air.

Snake through the tunnels my back to the

forward motion, disorientation sets in.

I move a water bottle to sit down.

Moments later,

“You moved my water bottle

I don't think that's right”

Immediate apology!

I did move the bottle!

“Israel will over come its enemies,”

spoken by a black woman to a middle eastern man

a twist on ethnic profiling.

Muskoka cottage starting at $185 000.

Demographics?

“Danger stay off tracks”

Do we have to be told?

Young girl in a long pale blue dress

dragging the floor, black T-shirt with blue hair

she has a dog in a baby stroller.

Next to her a man with bag of groceries and a set of golf clubs,

orange glow in tunnels between stations

an ad for the Spanish Center,

swaying motion,

St Clair,

Summerhill,

Rosedale (no graffiti here)

Bloor,

Wellesley

and

off at College.

Tile colour changes with each station

through the turnstile up to the sidewalk.

Rush of air and bright lights

“All my rights have been violated for political reasons.”

A shirtless wild man wearing rubber boots

does push ups in front of a stag shop.

An albino python tattooed to his back