Stepping onto the train platform, he lights a cigarette
The hustle of the crowd confuses him
Palm to his forehead, he feel it, the cool-clammy
Perspiration, sweating
The advent of shock
Heart pounding-quickening pulse
Psychogenic-fuge
He steps into the crowd of people, lost and consumed
Steaming bodies rock him
Tobacco smoke in the air makes him sick
Stomach fluttering
The platform becomes
A maze, a large man curses
“Pay attention you…!”
Fuck, the load voice barely registers above the din
Terrified and alien
His stomach rebels, vomit spills past closing lips
Clasping fingers
The crowd vanishes
Parting from his path, he is
Ushered to the train
