Bulues
Because I get on the same train to go to my office, the people in the carriage are almost the same every morning. Generally speaking, there is nothing to do in the morning commuter train. Therefore I gave them nicknames by way of killing time. For example “Miss. Onigiri”, “Big China”, “Fox lady”, and “Peking man” etc・・・ (“Peking man” is a woman though・・・)
“BLUES” is one of them. The guy seems to be the same age as me, and whenever I saw him he appeared to be absorbed in the music on his ipod. He plays “air-guitar” with his eyes closed. His face is so agonized that I named him “Blues”. I pictured in my mind that he must listen to the blues music every morning!
On last Monday morning Blues was sitting in front of me with a tortured expression like always. And he suddenly stopped to play the “guitar” and pulled out a magazine from his bag. The magazine was titled “BULUES”!
Thanks God, my hunch proved right.




