" fires across the street "

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sitting outside the local miniplex at 7 or so o'clock, i found myself sitting in between a 2 year old toddler and an inexplicable fire blazing at the bus stop across the street.

there are so many times when things seem so out of the ordinary here; those instances that are unique beyond sociocultural enigmatic situations. for a moment i felt altogether overwhelmed and calm at the same time.

her small luminescent eyes sparkling with glee while the glowing ashes float into the night sky; the overlapping sounds of her laughter, cars passing, and the crackling of the embers off in the near-distance.

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