Justin Shin
In a Seoul Subway
sleepy eyes resting between two palms on a handle each hanging from some factory zip line rushing from here to somewhere their blue lit faces cheap convenience store bought white earphones trailing down thumbing through articles and comments and videos continuously and blindly when the train doors open some primal instinct flares to life prodding them through those square doors down into the unknown should it drop them from a warplane they’d parachute down with legs crossed calm among a tempest of anti-aircraft shells eyes affixed on a screen
Justin Shin is a sophomore studying at the International School of Manila in the Philippines. He enjoys using literature as a tool to explore the many eccentric and beautiful facets of the world. He writes news articles frequently for the school publication Bamboo Telegraph. He also loves music.
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