mazeways

raising your arms would draw too much attention. this rules out anywhere above the doorway or over the seats. windows and seats will get it too noticed or worn down, and it's poor etiquette. it would appear sloppy and amateurish and wouldn't attract the people who know you should know better than to do that.

on the doors, maybe? you sidle up to the door and stare out the large plexiglass windows. you're being watched, anyway. you're already being seen. the security camera feed at the end of the train completes its cycle of perspectives and loops back to the front of the train, then the next section, then the next section. you see yourself from here. there are only a handful of other passengers and they're staring at their phones.

a white man in his mid-fifties peers down through thick-framed glasses over the scarf wrapped around his face at his phone. a student in a blue athletic windbreaker on the other end of the train scrolls intently like he's searching for something specific. a thin man in a black fleece and a red and blue beanie emblazoned with the juneteenth star swipes casually.

may as well. you reach up and place the sticker above the doorway in one of the few accommodating empty spaces beside the map of the green line routes. it's not a perfect fit, but it'll do.

lean against the window idly

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