Random twosomes are intriguing. Paired and related, but unconnected and singular. Here's a pair of people waiting for the train. Both standing on the platform, both about to board the same train; aside from those obvious similarities their unity divides.
She with the jazzy blue and pink suitcase is embarking on a different trip than the man to her right, who carries only his messenger bag. The man leans against the lamp post, legs crossed, calm and relaxed, ready to hop on the train destined, it seems, for the the same old same old. The woman, her head craning left, peers down the track, anticipating, eager or anxious to begin her trip to who can say where.
Maybe it's the metaphor of train tracks, but the journey always pulls me in, makes me wonder, raises questions about destinations and what's next. Personally, I like both stances - the easygoing familiar and the awakened new.
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