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SUBWAY by DAVID IGNATOW

Poet Analysis

First Line: I AM SORRY, SHE WOULD SAY
Last Line: IN THE SOBER SPIRIT OF THE RIDE.
Subject(s): COMMUTERS; SURPRISE;
I am sorry, she would say:
That's all right, I would murmur.
She stood with her back toward me,
my nose nearly touching. The train
lurched to the right, giving me
the space to breathe in freely,
and I waited for the swing back
when I would have to lift her
from my chest, with my two hands --
how else? -- braced against her buttocks,
and I waited
in the sober spirit of the ride.



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