subway troubles

the troubled man tunes his guitar on the subway on 53rd street. he starts a song. he stops. he is after all a troubled man. he bangs his hand on the wall. he looks like one of those ugly thin manly women you see sometimes in the shadows of new york city. he is a man though. his voice confirms it once he starts signing. it's a good song, one i've never heard before. i wonder if he wrote it. the train is approaching and the troubled man starts singing louder. louder. the train covers all sound with its scritching and wailing. the troubled man stops trying and i get on the train.