the way that she looks
in both directions as
she boards the c train,
as she focuses her eyes
on the people around her,
hoping to see the girl
she met in elementary
school on the same
subway car
two young women who
live in separate boroughs
with separate schedules
who will meet on the train
they planned the times
of the c train schedule
and practiced the places
their feet would step in
order to be on the same
car and see the same
images out of the window
the subway car became
reserved for stale croissants
which were half off at the
closest deli and the words
those women said were
written in their journals
shared pens instead of
phones and images from
their words instead of
photos
solitude together. converge.