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Those late night Jersey Transit trains

It’s always a gas

well past midnight

up to no good

at a Dead and Company show

Queens in the rear view mirror

departing Manhattan

riding that train

stuffed with other Heads

trying to get home to Jersey

or PA as it were

feeling no pain listening

to conversations

the electricity

of reliving each song

one conversation involves

a new age-y guru type

proselytizing on the value

of breathing through the nose

Another couple, apparently

don’t appreciate advice

on nose or mouth breathing

even if it weren’t their conversation

They begin mocking the nose breathers

putting them down

and ragging on and on

another young lady takes offense

to their mockery

and an argument ensues

I’m just trying to reflect on the show

The mockery is ignorant

on multiple levels

It is healthier to breathe thru the nose

and there’s no reason for abuse

some folks are entirely too proud

of their own ignorance

but I suppose they are mouth breathers

Nose breathing is easier

when you keep your mouth shut;

a skill some of us never learn