15.10.08
X is for Xing.
I was so lost I stood on the corner alone, stood on the corner and fell deeper and deeper within myself while the light flickered WALK and DON'T WALK alternately. I stood lost on the corner through three sets of strangers waiting impatiently and walking briskly by and waiting again and again and who knows what else, because I was lost and I stood alone on my city streets and Stars was playing and I couldn't move, let alone cross the goddamned street. And this is what I've become, this little girl so lost within herself that when Stars comes on the iPod I freeze, and in more ways than just the one.
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Crosswalk signs are petrifying sometimes. But then, on the right day, just about everything is.
ReplyDeleteplus i've developed this rather disconcerting habit of crossing without even bothering to look for oncoming traffic. not so good.
ReplyDeleteAlso, you're a jaywalker.
ReplyDeleteguilty as charged.
ReplyDeleteit's maybe worse if you're on a bike and don't look. stopping time isn't as good if it turns out there actually is traffic, and they mind.
ReplyDeleteoh well.
Certain songs are imbued with the power of paralysis. The songs that can paralyze one person cannot necessarily paralyze someone else, but every person, if human they be, can be paralyzed by the right song on the right day.
ReplyDeleteLook, it's my brain. It's bad enough that I have to live inside it. Don't make me defend it logically, too.
funny, i thought it was MY brain you were trying to defend :)
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