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We're All Mad Here: (Picture #6) "The Road"

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Another Shift

Today was the first day that I chose to sit in the shade. I'd gotten so used to having the sun on me that the darker side of things felt eerily cold. Though it was far from winter, I felt deeply shaken and unsettled, uprooted from comfort. The pillars around me provided stripes of cover much like trees in a forest. Above me was a canopy that these pillars held up, and tiny beams of sunlight peaked through to reach me. I chose to be patient today. I chose not to rush from building to building, from class to class, from failure to success, from expense to investment. I decided to take a moment and breathe - survey my surroundings. When I stopped and looked, under the wings of a shadowy sanctuary, I noticed the hundreds of people who bolted from Point-A to Point-C. I could hear the marching of their shoes, heels, slippers, and flats, all working in unison toward a cause unknown. I saw human beings swallowed up by piles of brick and concrete, only to later be regurgitated with newf...

On These Streets

The weather was as fine as fine got, peering out from under its covers and baring its pearly white teeth. The city was abuzz once more, with passerby of many kinds making their way to this store and that. I could hear the soft whirr of engines as they zipped from block to block, eager to reach their destinations in a punctual manner. Those cryophilic few who used to hang around these parts have since tapered off to colder places unknown, and have left piles of melting snow in their place. Every brutal December morning was worth sitting through to see a beautiful day like today. The very idea of thinking to peel off my layers brought a devious grin to my face, as if I'd be committing the crime of public indecency. What shame had I left? I let my cane cozy up against my thigh this time around, knowing full well that its metal case wasn't cold enough to make me uncomfortable. I unzipped my leather jacket and hung my arms over the spine of the bench beneath me. The air felt so fr...