Magic on the E Train

Real Magic, not like seeing sparks fly between two people or someone magically helping someone else out- I mean, pull a rabbit out of a hat, tissues out of a tie and card tricks magic. I had heard these people existed, but I survived 3 weeks without seeing one until yesterday.

I was riding the train into the city to meet a friend for lunch and then to explore the Museum of Natural History (which was VERY cool) and I was minding my own business, starting at everything possible without actually looking at another human being (thats what people do here- no smiling on the trains all lowed, only blank stares) and from the front of my subway car, I hear a voice say, "If you want something to look at, stop starting at the walls or the floor, you cannot stare at each other, so stare at me!' First thought in my mind when I heard this- hell no. What if its a trick and if I looked at him he would come, sit at my feet and beg me for money until I started to cry. But it wasn't, the older man with sandles and a large mustache was solely on the train to do magic. He wanted us to clap for him and laugh for him to make his magic work. He pulled bright green tissues from a business men's tie, made cards fly half way across the train and back to his hands, he did a trick with a rope- this man was a real magician (or at least in my eyes).

What can I say about the E train... just another day in the life.

Peace, Love and Magic,

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