December 01, 2004

As soon as the bell rang, he felt as if he was already out the door and home. The long walk home for him despite the heat were the most calm moments of his life, and he relished them by stopping to turn down new streets and later alleys and unfenced yards until he looped back around towards his house when he felt that his time was up, where the incredible solitude of not being understood would start up again.

December 1, 2004 04:15 PM