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Well, it is odd that the most noticeable thing right now would be this guy. It looks like half of his body is paralyzed, yet he is walking straight along on the other side of the street, making a slow journey from south to north. (Ehh, I guess it would take for him a full year of walking to reach his goal, if he actually has one.) He is holding this plastic case apparently filled with cheap chocolates with his "good" hand, and screaming something...i can't tell...it sounds like he is saying the stuff in the case is worth 50 or 500. Since he staggers along so slowly, dragging his left foot, some persons pass him as if he was standing still. Two couples that are walking so fast push him and don't even appologize. Everybody seems to be ignoring him as if they hope that will make him not exist. A third couple actually avoids him. Yeah, he looks a little disgusting from here, and maybe... on second thought, those chocolates are not so healthy after all, who knows... (But now I wonder where all these couples are coming from this afternoon.) The sixth couple is passing him now, though they walk so slowly that actually is a little hypnotic, walking holding each other hands by only two or three fingers. That looks nice, I guess, my... how much I envy them though they look stupid. A cute smile from a baby that is being carried on her mother's shoulder suddenly passes a scarce foot from me. I am startled and remember what I was planning to do in first place. I just wanted to, you know, distract the mind by contemplating some more curved and nice silhouettes, but as always I just get ignored by the interesting ones and in exchange some naughty looks from... my... So, returning to the "chocolates" guy, I notice that he has already vanished. That was way too fast (or did I lose my notion of time?) In his place is this woman that seems to have already finished her labor's day and is just waiting for a cab. (how lucky) And I'm saying the for the fact that seems that she got a free ride in this... luxury car (which i don't recognize the model) No, wait, the guy was just lost. So I watch how the girl does this "sigh" expression while returning to the sidewalk with all her bags. I can hear my office phone ringing, stupid phone. I'm almost 100% sure it will be another stupid missed call, but anyway, yeah... yep, time to get back to work, back to reality.

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Edited By Rose Lachenhild