On the F Train

On the F train at noon, heading from Brooklyn into Manhattan….

….a young Hispanic woman in her 20s in checkered rain boots (they predicted sleet) listens to music on headphones (audible beats), scrolls through messages on her iPhone, and nurses a Dunkin Donuts coffee….

….. a young couple snuggles close….

… a trim Asian woman in her 30s in fur-trimmed coat sits cross-legged, with bright-red lips and purse….

…. a baby-faced businessman reads on his iPad….

…..a woman in her 20s lounges nonchalantly, all in black, complete with dark sunglasses (where’s the sunlight?) except for vibrant turquoise Ugg boots….

…. a young man in his 20s studies the introduction to Uncle Tom’s cabin through rectangular frames…

…. a teenager plays games on his phone…..

(Where have the older people gone?)