connection

two young men on the 7.46pm train at brondesbury park, sharing an earbud each, connected through a faint ripple in their shoulders, an occasional shared glance, a half smile lingering. men of various heights and weights checking out the football scores on phones and papers. a woman from newcastle sorting her night out. a child banging her boots against the seat, testing its sound. a rhythmic passing of lights across a window and bones rattling, forgotten, on the sky.