it’s been six days back in new york, and i have yet to leave manhattan, yet to be in brooklyn.

my first day of the train, a dad and his son kept stealing each other’s noses back and forth. occasionally a nose would get popped into a mouth and chewed until the nose owner would pry the chewing mouth open and take the nose back, sometimes wiping it off with a few quick passes. attaching a nose involved hammering one fist on top of the other, but removing one only required a gentle tug.