We like
to
do nothing.
For a moment
he found himself
looking up from the tracks
at scores of faces watching them.
“Some people were
snapping photos
or taking video with their cell phones,”
he said.
“It was amazing
seeing all these people
doing nothing,” he said.
“It was
an eye-opener.”
And we answer:
we like
to
do nothing
but
snap photos
for Facebook and Instagram,
stand and observe—comment
on the misfortunes
of others
and
how
the
world
is
so wrong.
But never
get our hands dirty
while she tumbles
head
first
from the platform
we’re all
preaching from.
© 2014 Jennifer
Wagner
Italicized words are
from the news article by Murray Weiss in DNAinfo New York: Humble Hero Saves Teen Who Fell Onto Subway Tracks.
Title is a quote from
the film Gladiator.
