The Comfy Corner

I was getting onto the T yesterday when this dirty, pink, fleece glove fell out of the train. The man beside me hurriedly picked up the glove, got inside the train, and tried to find the owner. He asked the woman who was getting on right in front of us if it was hers. She gave a firm negative. In fact, she looked mildy offended that we would think she wore such a glove. And the man looked utterly lost. Here he was holding this dirty, pink glove, everyone was staring at him and there appeared to be no owner to this dejected accessory. So he turned around and contemplated throwing the glove out of the train door, but before he could actually do it, the train door closed. So he looked at the glove, looked at me, I shrugged my shoulders, and he gingerly set the glove down on the floor of the train. I said, "Someone will want it." A few stops later, another man got on the train, spotted the sad, pink glove, and looked at another woman standing nearest to it and said, "Is that your glove?" She also would not claim ownership. We all stood there looking at the glove with deep concern.

This pink glove - longing to warm someone's hand - has gotten me thinking. Here is a glove that someone out there is probably really missing and they have no idea that these kind men tried so hard to find the owner. It's gotten me thinking about all of the gloves that I have lost in the past. Maybe some kind soul is trying to find the owner of said glove right now. Maybe hundreds of people passed by my glove and saw it sitting in the filthy gutter, lost forever to the dirt and grime of the city's cruel elements. If only there were some sort of glove pound where people could bring lost/unwanted gloves and other people who needed gloves could go and get a pair. There is so much waste in this world, but it's a comfort to know that there are concerned citizens out there who are committed to making sure that no one loses a glove. Comfy cornerers, I bid you all to band together to make sure that everyone keeps their accessories!