The sun in my eyes felt like someone was kicking me in the jaw. I was so high I thought my eyes would fall out. Standing shaky on the thinning grass, I realized I had to catch the train home. I ran 5 blocks and got there just as the operator was locking the front compartment. Resting up on the 701, with the sterile light slipping beneath my eyelids. Puerile breathing in front of me. I open my eyes and am being stared at. Eye contact with a child is always easier than eye contact with an adult. Adults always look away quickly, embarrassed of their booming thoughts, convictions, judgments. Children stare straight at you and lay it all out on the table.
“You look tired.”
“I know,” I said.
“You look tired.”
“I know,” I said.
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"Children stare straight at you and lay it all out on the table."
I wish we could all be so up front and honest like them sometimes:(
Society would fall apart.
Aha. Is that so bad?
Our society's fucked up enough as it is.
Let's destroy it, burn it down and scatter the ashes.
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