overheard a few days ago on the N train

She looks like Jennifer Beals.

Yeah but chubby like she's 3 or 4 months pregnant.

But hotter because of it.

Right.

Absolutely.

How'd you meet?

At some gallery opening for a friend of her's from college.

Gallery? Paintings or sculpture or..............

Eeesh! Like you know art.

You always have to be a asshole don't you?

Alright alright. There were paintings and they were all part of a series.

A series about what?

All the paintings were of a karoake bar above a fish market. Each painting showed a different time of day. So you'd see people passing by the fish market and people up in the bar.

Sounds like shit.

It was shit. That's how i met her though.

Where'd you hear about it?

I didn't. I saw her walking down the street and followed her. She went into the gallery and i followed.

They don't have a guest list for that?

Nope.

Well.....................she's hot. How are you going to keep her interested?

I don't know. I've already made up so many lies. She'll find out and it'll turn out like every other relationship i ever had.

Yeah. You shouldn't do that anymore.

I told her i was starting up a poetry website for ex cons.

You're retarded?

Is this the stop?

Yeah.

(the subway doors open. cold air rushes in. both men step out with steam billowing all about them.)