When a Metro train approaches an underground station, as the Purple line does every 10 minutes during the rush hour, you can feel the air begin to move. It shifts back first towards the approaching train, then sprays forward as the cars glide past the loading platform. It's as if the massive weight of the train cars create a vacuum, sucking the air towards the tunnel...as the train approaches the tunnel's opening, the air is pressed forward, like a plunger forcing fluid down the body of a syringe.
It's a steel dragon, inhaling and exhaling hot breath as it sprints from its lair, stopping just long enough to pick up its prey, passengers who step willingly into the belly of the beast.
The train stops. The doors open. We move inside.
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Location:Blue line, Florence Station
