.but the boots back on and run, run.

I watched a girl,
maybe a year or so younger than I,
jump onto the subway track
just a mere 30 seconds before the train arrived,
at Broadway-Layfayette
to retrieve her fallen
Metrocard.

I think this is a more
a statement
on the cost of a ride 
($5,442.98 for a single swipe)
than the hubris
of this girl.

(although she was quite swift in this action and without much hesitation which makes me think this wasn't the first time this had happen to her)