See them fighting on the train
iL_weReo
the 6 train. We're between 42nd Street and 59 Street going uptown.
Some bum comes in. He starts with the usual illegal subway panhandler
schpeel...
"I just got out of prison in Upstate, New York. I am HIV-positive.
Please help with nickels, dimes, pennies, quarters or water. Anysing,
anysing..."
I didn't think much of it until he got to the other end of the subway
car. I don't know exactly what was said at that point, but awl of a
sudden this other dude jumps up out of his seat and before you know it
these two gladiators are dancing pretty good! Then somehow the car
door opened> I thought for sure one of them was going bye-bye. Or
perhaps both of them? There's this woman they pinned on the seat
behind them yelling "please stop! Please stop!"
Meanwhile around 6 "men" cut out from the melee going on and ran
towards me with a look of horror on their faces. Me, ol' Scotty Boy on
the scene did not run away. Rather I ran towards. And I was the only
one on the subway car who did. I was reading a copy of the Village
Voice and I threw it down onto a seat as I went to someone's rescue.
They used to have three pages of plane bucket-shop travel ads but
these days they're lucky if they get three thumbnail ads.
So these two guys are still dancing pretty good! The original bum had
a clean white teeshirt on. Sure enough when it was over he had a bit
of bluude visible on the shirt. His indigent bag got squished in the
fight, and his box of cereal, potato chips and MacIntosh apple were
scattered without the bag.
I was willing to break up the fight because as you know I was the only
one on the subway who ran towards it instead of running away from it.
But I wasn't going to jump in there without assistance from some of
the other "men" on the car. By now I was the only one standing there!
I think the woman awlready had ran away.
Man, they must've seen the freedom in each other to start dancing like
that. And it started so quick too.
Meanwhile there was this big fucking giant on the train. This dude had
to be like 6' 6" and was a bodybuilder. *WHOOMPH* you know what I
mean? I very rarely see guys like that on the train. He didn't do
shit. Afterward he remarks only he's worried he could get "stabbed" if
he intervenes. So where does that leave me?
Oddly enough, the two dancers actually shook hands when it was
through. Then the bum gathered up his crushed food from the indigent
bag and went into the next car. So we had a bit of excitement on the
train tonight. If a cop were there they would've both been arrested
for sure. I am the only one who matters on the Internets, thank you.