Breaking off bits of other people's lives

(idea) by mary magdalen (7.2 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Mon Jun 26 2000 at 2:46:39

In Central Park, my Dad is taking pictures of the family on vacation. In the background is a woman wiping sugary stickiness from her child's hands while the boy watches a man with a white face do a silent dance, but I don't see how much change is in his cup.

(idea) by ril (7.8 mon) (print) ? (I like it!) 3 C!s Mon Jun 26 2000 at 3:00:16

A man scribbles on a notepad on the other side of the courtyard, his long, uncombed hair held back in a colorless ribbon. He's probably waiting for the train, distractedly peering up from his task now and then towards the tracks. It doesn't look like words - drawings of some kind. He abrupty puts the notepad down and takes a drink of water from a small bottle, noticing nobody around him.

Our tour guide was interestingly strange. He enjoyed using the words/phrases "indeed," "partake," and "if I may." He wore sandals that would normally look strange on a man, but he somehow pulled it off. Although he had large, wrinkled toes that stuck out of them, trudging along showing us around. Shiny white teeth glared out at me when he smiled - a sincere, embracing smile that made me feel that he enjoyed himself.

A young girl on the subway mouthed the words to her book as she read, ignoring the bundles of bodies surrounding her. I could see she had braces, glinting now and then as she stumbled over a word. Her ears faced outwards, giving her a waifish look, similar to an elf. I thought it was pretty. The subway stopped quickly, causing our suitcases to fall over - she looked up and watched us for a while, and rather than me taking a part of her life with me, we exchanged. It made me happy.

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