The Man With the Sweet Potato Sandwich

I was on the train
during rush hour
and a man came on

he was eating
a sandwich
with what looked to be
some sort of sweet potatoey substance
packed inside

he yelled
"excuse me everybody!"

and then proceeded to swing
his giant backpack around

hitting people
in the stomach and arms

crushing businessmen
and old ladies

until finally
settling on me

like a dodo bird
nesting it's young

I expected him to move

but he didn't

he just stood there

pinning me
against the handrail

eating his radioactive
orange sandwich

staring into the middle distance

chewing

the chew

of a man on the cusp
of According to Jim
is a really funny show

and
I just shit my pants

not noticing

not caring

he was a god
for a second

then he moved

and it was gone

he was just a man

with crumbs on his lips

waiting on nothing in particular

waiting on the train

© 2010 Lee Kitzis