I was reading this poem, by Laurie Sheck, while the subway was arriving at the station I was waiting in. It describes what you see and what happens in the subway station. Most people just let their commute pass by, but this poem makes the reader pay attention to what is going on. Like art, it encourages stopping what you are doing to enjoy every fleeting moment, even if you do something routinely everyday, like waiting for the subway. It demonstrates the excitement you can feel when seeing things you don’t notice in your common day: “Why hadn’t I noticed them before?”