"These knishes are really great." "Thanks a lot, man." "Hey, what's going on?" "Uh, what's the difference on the hot dogs?" "I don't know what the difference is." "It's all franks." "If you really want a difference, try the knish." "Can i get a knish, please, and a coke?" "Hey, got you covered." "I'd like one of the dogs." "This one's the frank." "Over here you've got the sausages." "And these here on the end- Well, they're 15¢ extra." " Meat better, or...?" " Meat's meat." " I'll have the expensive one." " It's your funeral, man." "I'll have another knish." " Absolutely, i got you." " Is there any charge on that?" "No, there's no charge on the mustard." " Mustard's free, man." "This is new york." " Then give me plenty." " Some of this?" " Yes, please." "Here you go." " Something to drink?" " No, it's okay." "That will be $2.00, sir." "Thanks." "Who's next?" " Knish." " Here, you take one of those." " Hey man, what's going on?" " Good, man." "How you doing?" " H" " Ho" " Is something wrong?" " Hot hot hot..." " Something to drink?" "Large or small?" "I don't care!" "Here." " That will be, $2.00, sir." " Thank you." "Next, please." "Yeah, a knish over here." "Is that him?" " I though it was him." " Are you sure?" "Union square, 14th street." "Change here for the number-6 local across the tracks," "And upstairs for the l." "This is the uptown number-4 express," "Making express stops only in manhattan and the bronx." " Come on." " Man." " Clear the doors." " Come on man, there's a woman here." "Excuse me." " Come on." " Clear the closing doors, please." "The number- 4 express to woodlawn." "There will be another train in the station shortly." "Please clear the doors so we can move the train." "There is a train right behind this one, folks." "Give us a break and stand clear of the doors." "Come on, man, you can't make it." "Vietnam vet," "Homeless," "H. I. V., i got nothin'." "Even if you got nothin' you got more than me." "Vietnam vet," "H. I. V., homeless." "I live in a shelter." "Can't even rob." "Can't even be a criminal and hold you up the way i should." "Huh?" "Come on, you think i like this?" "Huh?" "Begging?" "Just tryin' to stay alive." "Come on." "Hey, sorry if i offend you." "Sorry if i'm not beautiful." "Sorry i'm not richard fucking gere over here." "Ow!" "Hey!" "Watch where you're going." "You ruined my shoes." "Keep your shoes out of the way." " Don't tell me to keep my shoes out of the way." " Then don't complain." "Look, you ruined my new shoes with your fucking tread marks." "I don't give a shit." "Do you know how much these shoes cost?" "Do you know how long i worked to get these shoes?" "I don't have a foot." "Aw, so?" "You got eyes." "I can see you're a piece of garbage." "Ow!" "You fucking creep!" "I can see you got what you deserved, you derelict." " Give me my cup." " No." "Give me my cup." "I'm a vietnam vet, for christ's sake." " Oh, when were you in vietnam?" "When you were two?" " '73, i was there." " Oh yeah, bullshit!" " Give me the fucking cup." "You're a fucking liar and you ruined my shoes." " Give him his money." " No." " Give me my fucking cup." " Get your fucking hands off me." " Give me my cup." " You ruined my shoes." "This guy is a junkie and a fake." "Is that even your leg?" "You got another real leg hidden under your fanny, huh?" " Huh?" "Does that hurt?" " Ow ow." " Ow." " Does it hurt?" " Give me my cup." " "Give me the cup."" "Okay, want the cup?" "Okay, come on." "Come on." "Yep yep yep... yep yep yep yep- Ooh-Hoo-Hoo." "Give me my fucking cup." "The sight of you makes everyone in this car vomit." " Give me my fucking cup." " "Give me my fucking cup."" " Give it to me!" " Okay." "Take your cup." " Give me my fucking money." " Keep your fucking hands off me." "Am i right?" "Am i right?" "See, they can't talk." "Their mouths are too full of vomit." "Stop her." "She's got my money." "Fuck!" "What am i going to do now?" "Don't!" "Don't give him any money." "They do this together." "I saw them before." "This is a scam." "I seen them on the number-2 train." " Do not give him any money." " What are you talking about?" "What's wrong with you?" "What are you, sick?" "What's wrong with her?" " How old are you?" " You don't look old enough." " Yo, were you really in the war?" " Yeah." "Fucking fuck you fucking people." "Shit." "Fucking assholes." "Excuse me?" "You saw those people before?" "No." "You never saw them before?" "The government provides adequate services" "To shelter people in that condition." "Churches and hospitals," "Supported by private donations" " Will be better equipped to" " You made that up." "Why the hell did ya- Why did you make that up?" "If you don't leave me alone i'm going to start screaming." "Why the hell did you make that up?" "Please, just leave me alone." "I don't got no family." "I don't want to do crack no more." " Leave her alone." " She made that up." "Help the homeless." "Brand-New issue, hot off the presses." ""Homeless news." Help the homeless." "Brand-New issue, hot off the presses." ""Homeless news." Help the homeless." "Brand new issue, hot off the presses. "Homeless news."" "Fascinating story in here about princess di" "How she might be palace-Less," "But she sure ain't homeless." "The following is a true story." "I take the 5:24 train into the city every morning." "Broad street." "Changing to the number- 2 and number- 3 lines." "Mind if i take the paper?" "Mind if i take the paper?" "The takeover of grovicon torpedoed last night." "Check it out." "Broad street, wall street." "Changing to the number - 2 and 3 lines." "Entering queens." "Next stop: fulton street." "Broad street, wall street." "Changing from the number- 2 and 3 lines." "They're adding q." "A. L. To the sp tomorrow." "Check your position." "Watch the closing doors." "Hey." "How did you know?" " Hutton?" " Pardon?" " Lehman?" " What?" "Smith barney?" "Oh, you mean... your job." "Goldman sachs?" "Where i work?" "You trade, yes?" "Yes." "It's cordell slevak." "Of course." " Yes." "How" " Good firm." " Yes." " Solid." " Yeah, i'd say." " It's small." " Well..." " Not your fault." "No." "Q. A. L.- How did you know?" " Broad street, wall street." " Your stop." "Oh, yeah." "The paper." ""Money is the price of life."" ""Money is the price of life,"" "Ralph waldo emerson." "Do you think he's right?" "I don't really know." "Let me tell you a story." "A couple of years ago, i'm in big on a trade." "Not on my own, mind you." "I got company." "My partners and i, we have what you call "information."" "One of my partners" " This was his first big trade" "He was a $10-15 guy at best." "Now it was a different story." "Don't get me wrong" "This fellow had money." "Money was not the problem." "The problem was he didn't have "it."" "Here." "Do you have it here?" "Me?" "Well... i mean..." "i don't know." "You have it." "Don't sell yourself short." "You have it." "You do." "It's written all over you." "But this fellow, this man of whom i'm speaking," "For him the job was just too big." "He fell apart." "I'm not exaggerating." "He fell apart with worry." "Stopped sleeping, stopped eating" "A few weeks later he was dead as dirt." "The irony is- This is rally tragic" "A few weeks later, we all get out with a six-Point bump." "Money, in the deepest sense of the word." "But for him... money was the price of life." "Will you take it?" "What?" "The paper." "You haven't read it." "Oh, no, you can have it." "Here." " You were a trader, huh?" " Not by profession." "With your skills you could have a job at any house." "As the hooker once said, "if they pay you for it, it's not love."" "Broad street, wall street, change here for... take a look at copper cathodes." "It's traded:" ""london metal."" " I did it." " What?" "Copper cathodes, nothing big." "Small position, flyer, 10." "Oh, good for you." "Uh, how long?" "Long?" "The copper- To hold it." "How long, of course, is the crux." " You're a cautious man." " Thanks." "I suppose." "A man who lives within his means suffers from a lack of imagination." "Do you believe that?" "You mean me." "Let me show you something." "My portfolio." " Oh no, i don't think i should." " No please, take a look." " Oh, these positions are..." " Large." "You're amazed," "Man like me." "You are." "I can see it in your eyes." "What about the risk?" "That depends on your circumstances." " Nicely put." " Wall street... uh... the copper?" "Don't worry about the copper, jonathan." "I'll put you in and i'll take you out" "When the time is right." "Next stop: fulton street." "Wait." "How did you know my name?" "Don't miss your stop." "Jonathan: when i got on the train the next morning," "The man was waiting for me." "Good morning." "We have something to talk about." "Duran pharmaceuticals." "Yeah, i know the firm." "It's privately held." " Suppose i tell you i know a man..." " Yeah?" "...a man with a piece of it, the company?" "Yeah?" "What's it worth, a piece of duran, going public as it is?" "Serious money." "Enough to make you cry." "Sit down." "This is the thing- This is the beauty part:" "This man has debts- Sizable debts," "Debts that must be collected before the public offering." "Follow me, jonathan?" "This man, his position is worthless to him." "Cash is what he needs." "Stock is potential." "He could use it for a loan." "He cannot because of the nature of the debt" "The nature of the people he owes this money too." "He must repay these people, and quickly," "Before his situation is discovered." "You see?" "This is where my partners and i come in." "We have been offered a piece of his piece." "How much?" "$300,000." "We have two in hand." "There's more on paper, but... we've decided to open up our circle, bring in other men" "Younger men, men with ambition." " Me?" " For one." "Yeah, how much?" "A piece of our piece." "Not large." " Beginner stuff." " Yeah, how much?" "Almost nothing- 20." "20?" "I don't have $20,000." "You have 10 in the copper." "Take a loan against it." "That way it's only another 10 out of pocket." "You-A man like you could always get his hands on 10." "Who are the other partners?" "These deals are based on the silence of friends." "The lesson of ivan boesky:" ""What you don't know can't hurt others."" "I myself am acquainted with only three of the other partners." "You're a man looking for opportunities." "Not on a subway." "Opportunity, by definition, is "happenstantial."" "If you only seize what's obvious, you'll never be rich." "Carpe diem, jonathan." "If you don't, you'll hate yourself in the morning." " I have to think about it." " You'll find yourself checking the quotetron," "Looking for duran, watching what should have been your future slipping away from you." " I have to think." " Balls is what's required here." "What is required here is to be a man." " A check?" " Cash, on the line." "A check could be traced back to you." "Yeah, of course." "Tomorrow morning." "I didn't get on the train that morning." "And i never saw the man again on the 5:24." "I thought about him, though." "About whether i had narrowly missed being conned," "Or maybe i had turned my back" "On the biggest opportunity of my life." "In the months that followed i couldn't stop thinking" "About why the man had chosen me." "Did i look so vulnerable," "Or did i have a weakness in my character" "So evident that it attracted the man to me?" "Even now, i cannot say." "He was right about one thing though" "Duran pharmaceuticals did go public," "And i did check the quotetron for it" "Every single week." "By the end of the year" "It was up 20 points." "About a year later," "I caught a later train than usual." "Broad street, wall street." "Change after the number-2." "Mind if i take the paper?" "Croft integrals is talking merger." "Check it out." "Hutton?" "Lehman?" "Smith barney?" "Goldman sachs?" "You trade, yes?" "Hi, it's fern." "I'm here... i know." "Yeah, well, i'm on my way." "No, i'm taking the subway." "What?" "Everybody in new york does it." "I'm not a wuss." "I've got everything i need, believe me." "Instructions... yes yes, i know." "Take the number-6 and then change trains." "I got it." "All right, i'm on my way." "Bye." "Excuse me." "If i could just get though here." "Sorry." "Excuse me." "Thank you." "My perfume." "My papers." "Where's my directions?" "Here?" "No." "You want to get off at the next stop." "Excuse me?" "You want to get off at the next stop." "Okay, thank you." "I know exactly where i'm going, but thanks." "I wouldn't not know where i'm going." "7th avenue." "Watch your steps getting off the train." "D train to coney island." "Next stop:" "prospect park." "Next stop: parkside avenue." "Watch the closing doors." "Ow." "Come on." "Hello?" "Hello?" "Help!" "There is someone stuck in the subway!" "Hello!" "Come on, come on!" "There's someone in the subway!" "Help!" "Fire!" "Fire in the subway." "Help!" "Help!" "Help!" "Hello?" "Hey, i locked myself in here." "Hello, i'm locked in!" "Hey, wait!" "Oh, thank god." "Sir, i'm sorry, i'm locked in here." "Will you call someone or the police or somebody?" "Sir!" "Wiggers." "I'll never leave you in the kennel again." "No." "Get out." "You can't come in here." "Can't come in here." "All right." "Now try and come in." "Come on!" "Come on!" "Oh thank you, god." "Do i have everything?" "I'm so happy you're here." "You won't believe what happened to me." "The thing was locked and i thought i could get out." "And i plan on writing a letter... to somebody that's going to... look, you know, you're not supposed to sleep here, right?" "What?" "Come on, come on, please." "Go." "...lower track, 14th street, we are now going express." "I repeat, due to a stalled train, northbound, lower track..." " this is fucked up, man." "This is bad." " I know." "And they're going to shut down the daycare center that michaela goes to." " Right." " Now lisa's gonna have to take michaela to work." "How long is that going to last before they fire her?" "Please." "Right." "You see, that's republican politics, jake." "I still cannot believe you voted for him." "I can't believe that." "Jake, are you listening?" "I'm listening." "I'm listening." "How can you justify voting for a man like that?" "I don't understand." "What?" "Were you not listening to me?" "I'm listening." "I just got distracted by that lady's hat." "Look, check it out." "It's crazy, right?" "What did i say, jake?" "You're talking about the mayor." "I heard every word you said." "I just, you now" " I didn't hear everything." "Is it that you don't respect my opinions?" "It's not like you're teeming with revolutionary ideas." " I'm joking." " All right." "I'm just playing." "That was a joke, belinda." "I'm just joking." "Where are you going?" "Jake, we don't listen to each other." " We're not with each other." " Belinda." "Huh?" "I was listening to everything you said." "I heard." "The mayor, i'm listening." "I'm with you." "Belinda?" "Where are you going?" "Where are you" "Miss, are those flowers real?" "They are?" "I think the democrats are ruining this country." "They don't really care about the poor." "They don't care about the elderly." "They certainly don't care about the mentally ill." "They've had plenty of chances and things just keep getting worse." "Don't you think so?" "No." "I think that the republicans are much worse than the democrats." "I think that the democrats" "Are a lot more... sympathetic than the republicans." "The republicans, they don't really care." "They don't listen to what the people want." "They don't care, and that's why... things keep getting worse." "Oh, things are worse than ever." "I don't know what's going on." "We're just not" " My boyfriend and i, we're not" "Connecting, you know?" "We're not... we're not... you know, you got to be with each other" "At some kind of basic level." "And i don't think that we are." "I don't think that" "He doesn't love me as much as i love him." "Oh, things are worse than ever." "I do want it to work." "I do." "Fuck." "Damn." "Are you married?" "This is my stop." "It was nice talking to you." "Thanks for listening." "I'm really sorry about my socks today." "They're down." "They're ruining the country." "Queens-Bound f train." "They've had many chances and they do nothing." "I mean... they don't care about poor people." "They don't... what were you talking to that man about?" "I got you something." "I had to buy the whole hat." "I love you." "I know." "I must have ridden the cyclone 19 times" "Waiting for my girlfriend to show up." "She never did." "But none of those rides comes close to the ride" "I took after i left coney island." "It started when i found out why jean never showed up." "Her boyfriend and some of his buddies explained it to me." "Ex-Girlfriend, split lip- I figured the ride was over." "Boy, was i wrong." "Hello." "You okay?" "I guess." "Does it hurt?" " Nah." " You sure, kid?" "Pretty bloody." "Sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry." "Never nurse a man you don't know." "I read that in "dear abby" yesterday." "I actually did." "I read it in "dear abby."" "I'm leyla." "Leyla." "I'm wayne." "Wayne." "Okay okay." "I'm sorry." "Here put these on- Cover your bruises." "Where are you going?" "Penn station." "Yeah, you have to connect at j street." "That's right." "Look, wayne, knowing how to connect down here" "Is the whole deal." "For instance," "You should be on the first car." "Really?" "Come on." "So, you what?" "You wrote her?" "She wrote me, actually." "Wrote i should meet her today." "My brothers were coming in for the yankee game." "My mom doesn't want me seeing her." "So i told her i was going with them." "Guess she didn't want to see me either." "Looked all over for her- No jean." "Bad luck." "Maybe." "You know what i like about the subway?" "It's underground." "There is a whole different world down here." "You have to descend to get into it." "You know what i mean?" "And i come down here" "And i, i... almost always meet somebody i can connect with." "And sometimes i meet an angel." "Wayne... you know what your face looks like?" "It's the face of an angel." " Humera?" " Uh-Huh." "I know you're not talking about steven from political science." " You can't." " I am." "Boo, he doesn't even talk." "He doesn't talk to you maybe." "Oh, please, girl." "I'm not even interested." "I'm just saying you had a little too much tequila," "Talking about steven from political science as fly." "You're going to wake up tomorrow and go, "sharon was right."" ""Sharon was right"?" "Oh no, you are not getting back on the train." "What do you want me to do?" "Take a cab to queens?" "It is 11:30 at night on a tuesday," "I'm lending you money for a cab." " No, no you're not." " Yes, i am." "And you now what?" "Stop acting like my mother." "I'm not acting like your mother." "Take the money." "Fine." "Call me when you get home." "You call me when you get home." "You only have three blocks" " But still." "All right." "Do i look drunk?" " Huh?" " Do i look drunk?" " No." "Do i look drunk?" " Yes." " I do?" " Yes." "Cultural politics, tomorrow- 8:30." "Bye." "Bye." "I got skills, man." "I got crazy, mad, stupid, ridiculous skills, kid." "Hide your 40, man." "I got more skills than your mother got missing teeth." "Hide your 40, b." "Hey, you see me talking to that girl at that party five minutes ago?" "She was on the nugget, b." "I was kicking crazy bass to her." "Man, i got skills, kid." "You wasn't saying nothin'" "You were corny." "She was laughing at you." "I was." "I was laying the construction." "I was laying the framework." "I was like an erector set." "I was dropping fucking literature, dude." "I told her like this" "I said, "your eyes radiate," and shit." "Dude, you was like- "Bluh bluh bluh bluh bluh,"" "Talking all drunk, 200 miles an hour, man." "She dissed you straight up, bro." "Yeah, but honey looked good though, you got to admit." "She was- She was a'ight." "She was a'ight?" "She was a'ight?" " Did you see them breastesses?" " I seen them shits." "Man, them shits was like, "boink"" "And i was like "blat!"" "What, man?" "Skills, skills, skills, dude, i got 'em" "I seen your mom's breasts and them shits was looking rotten" "Honeys be on my nugget like my name was donald trump" "That girly at the party had a super-Duper rump." "You never could have got no play" "Talking all that bullshit" "On top of that, you ugly, and that's why she dissed you." "Your shit don't even rhyme" "You suck." "You're the whackest" "Prashant, he's the honey getter" " Plus, the blackest." "Why you think you're black when you know your moms is hindu?" "You never get no girls, so stop drinking and fantasizing, b." "Oh shit, oh shit." "If somebody pay you like $100,000 you could not even fucking rhyme." "Yo, look at this girl, man." "Yo, where you from, yo?" "England and shit?" "Sweden, yo?" "Yo, yo, she looks like she could be your cousin." "She's kinda fly, too." "Hey yo, watch this." "Breastesses!" "Diddle-Diddle-Diddle!" "Man, that could have been your mother." " Nah." " That could have been my mother." "That couldn't been your mother." "Your mother got sagging breasts." " You disrespected her, man." "Shut the fuck up, man." "Ugh." " Forgive me, shit, man." "Don't ask me to forgive you." "Ask that girl to forgive you." " No, b." "Now you're crazy, a'ight?" " I ain't crazy!" "I ain't crazy!" "You fucking grabbed some lady's breasts you don't know." "You're crazy." "Call me." "Call me." "Diddle-Diddle-Diddle!" "R train to brooklyn. 8th street, 14... oh shit!" "Oh, yeah?" "Oh my god." "Okay, miss, hold it right there." " Stand up and put your hands behind your back." " What for?" " What for?" "Okay." " My tooth." "Ow." " Stay right here." " Look, there are witnesses to what happened." " You're being arrested for physical assault." " See those people?" "Turn around." "I'll get you, bitch." "Bitch?" "I'm not a fucking bitch!" "Get her off me, man!" "Shit." "I am a woman!" "I am law student" "From new york university, motherfucker!" "Hey, you know you fucking kicked me right here!" "Look at my teeth." " What happened?" " Who the fuck do you think did that?" " She beat you up?" " She kicked my ass." " Yes, i did." "And you know why?" " Shut your mouth!" "What's your name?" "You go to nyu?" "You know jimmy rione?" "Where she at?" "I bet you she paid." "Ah ha ha ha." "Excuse me, but i've been having my train pass ready." "I ain't afraid to jump the turnstile, okay?" " It's okay." " Okay, bitch... you gonna play that thing or what?" "This whole place smells like piss." "How can you stand there eating that stuff?" "I'm into comfort foods." "Someone at this hospital has got to put this phone next to my mother's bed." "I'm trapped in the subway." "I don't have cab fare." "Look, i need to speak with my mother before it's too late." "One, now" " One after another, please." "Listen, i don't want any trouble." "If you want something, take it and go home." " Whatever." " Stupid magazine." "Ma?" "Is that you?" "I know." "I wish i was there, too." "I'm gonna sing your favorite song for you, okay?" ""You want something?" "Take it." "I don't want no trouble."" "You know, he had his nerve... look look look." "What's up with girlfriend?" "Is she born again or something?" "Only in new york." "Right?" "Only in new york." "No, no, she's not crazy." "Something bad just happened." "Hey. "Daily news," two coffees, regular, please." "I was living in newly-Married comfort," "Over on atlantic avenue in brooklyn." "Every day my wife and i would step out of our apartment house together" "And make our way down to the a train" "At the hoyt-Schermerhorn station." "She would head south to her morning kindergarten class" "And i would head north into manhattan." "This particular day was our three-Month anniversary." "As a trader of municipal bonds," "I saw this date in terms of a quarterly report." "Thing were better than expected." "Two coffees and a "daily news."" "Danny bernardo" " Now i know i've told you about him before." "He's the one who's always getting into trouble." "Holly calore just walks right up to him" "And gives him this sweet little peck on the cheek." "It was the funniest thing," "And the whole class just busts out laughing and cheering." "Anyway, it was the most adorable thing." " It was like, his first kiss, you know?" " Uh-Huh." "So sweet." "It was a chance encounter, really" "Which i was entirely uninvolved." "So i told myself at the time, anyway." "Although i couldn't help believing" "It was just some strange coincidence... i couldn't help hoping that it wasn't." "Coincidence?" "Or was it fate?" "Whichever" " Our little "chance encounters"" "Continued this way every day" "For nearly nine months." "Our relationship developed its own silent rules," "Strictly obeyed." "Expressions of greetings and farewell were unthinkable." "No word ever passed between us, and no sign," "Not even a shared glance or smile." "But once our contact was established," "It provided the means by which the rocking of the train" "Became our own sensuous rhythm." "I began to think of my hand as possessing a powerful attraction," "In the way that males of certain animal species" "Have natural adornments that females find irrisistible" "Like the peacock's fan." "At the same time, i understood what was happening between us" "Could not be duplicated," "Even if i spent every available hour" "Clutching poles in full view of all the city's females." "I realize conversation is a risk" "But i'm ready" "Ready to take the next step." "Oh god, what would i possibly say to her?" "Share my views on republican party politics?" "What if she's a democrat?" "Comment about the weather?" "Too banal." ""I want you to love me for more than my hand."" "Jesus." "All right, let's spoil the mystery." "We've had this thing... going for a little bit of time now, you know?" "And i think that maybe, you know, we should... have a conversation, you know?" "God forbid" "Excuse me?" "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry, did you hear me?" "Excuse me." "That's out of the question?" "What?" "I'm sorry." "Our first fight." "I suddenly remembered ardrey's territorial imperative" "From my psychology class in college." "I understood then that i was only potent and attractive" "In that small area around the pole." "Outside of it, the electricity would fail." "It was sweet." "Was it really worth what i might be losing?" "I guess i thought i'd found something with her" "That i could not find in my own marriage." "But i was wrong." "So i left her... for the f train." "If we want to know what sex it is, they can tell us." " Yeah?" "No, no..." " You don't want to know?" " No, i definitely don't want to know the sex." " Come on." "No, i want it to be a surprise." "Coincidence, irony, fate, what have you" "Thank god it's all behind me." "Who was that?" "Did you know her?" "Honey, who was that?" " Who was that?" " I don't know." "I don't know who that was." "Miss!" "Hey!" "Miss." "Don't do it!" "Move back!" "Move back!" "Move back!" "Miss!" "Hey, hey!" "Hey, someone... anybody?" "She's... don't do it!" "Don't jump!" "Please!" " Where were you?" " Trouble with the train, man."