My subway rides home...there is always something different or entertaining & I welcome the distraction from staring at my reflection on the window. On March 30th, right after my spring break, I was on the 2 train when all of a sudden, this B-Boy crew interrupted the hum of the train & incess ant conversations to give us a show. A hip-Hop selection was played; a young boy (which I'm sure he was younger than 10) starts of the routine. He does a couple of moves and I was quite surprised that he could move so well. Then the other young man in the group started doing back flips using the bars in the train. Once again, I was amazed @ how acrobatic they were. It was entertaining until one of their stunts went wrong.
As the tempo of the music crescended, it was time for their surprise finale. The lil boy was supposed to jump on the young man & do a back flip. However, as he jumped on the young man, the lil boy hit his head really hard on the roof of the subway car. The passengers gasped at the deafening sound of it... I turned around and stopped watching. The lil boy walked it off. I don't know if this was planned but right after, the DJ of the crew took his baseball hat off and started requesting for money...''Canadian dollars, food stamps, pennies, coupons etc.'' Some of the passengers felt bad because of the incident involving the lil boy & gave them some money. The packed their things and headed to the next subway car.
So is the life of New Yorkers. They always look for a way to make it...like the famous phrase goes, ''if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere...'' (Frank Sinatra-New York, New York!). And these are some of the few examples that I see everyday on the subway. I welcome them as they expose me to the New York life & experience.
Love,
Jennifer
