People in the grand Windy City doing what they do best on the CTA.
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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Madge
When her train pulled into the station, Madge hustled out the doors and started running as fast as her strange, stubby legs would carry her. She had precisely three minutes to get to the frozen food section of Dominick’s—the designated rendezvous point—and it was imperative that she not be even a second late…
CTA + Aliens = A world I wish I lived in.
Thanks for the shoutout!
Wabash.
You glance out of your car window and I get the shakes.
My hands are busting with an unheard of feeling
and I walk as fast as I can.
Scared to be noticed in this city of dreams.
The street is too many steps too long.
The coffee in my hand is dripping from the summer heat.
I hate the way that this is how we live life.
Drills and siren, faking sick for the hell of it.
Can’t call in now, the doctor is never on my mind.
Baby brown and a tan complexion.
These are the feelings underneath the L track.
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too late by edge714 on Flickr.
Photo/Freestyle (2) i’m off like the blue line in my mind / lookin’ for art in a musical design. / my mind turns like wheels in a ferris / I’m off like the last train to paris. / just to show how much my mind be racing / i stand on the platform with my flow constantly pacing / but when i take off, the setting is too dark / my heart tears apart / where do i start? / i guess where they draw the line and say mark /get set, go…
[this has been another installment in my photo/freestyle series]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_loj9zxCnyU1qm2ta1o1_500.jpg)
too late by edge714 on Flickr.
Photo/Freestyle (2)
i’m off like the blue line in my mind /
lookin’ for art in a musical design. /
my mind turns like wheels in a ferris /
I’m off like the last train to paris. /
just to show how much my mind be racing /
i stand on the platform with my flow constantly pacing /
but when i take off, the setting is too dark /
my heart tears apart /
where do i start? /
i guess where they draw the line and say mark /
get set, go…[this has been another installment in my photo/freestyle series]
