Wednesday, August 8, 2007

This Morning...

This morning….

...on the train I was sitting across from a beautiful Asian girl; smart and sophisticated. It was awkward though. One of those situations when a stranger catches you staring at them and you sit for the next ten minutes wanting to explain yourself. “I swear I’m not a monster!”

What had she thought as she caught me? Offended, violated, sexually pursued? My intention was none of these, I merely liked her shoes, but who knows what the individual is able to imagine when they’re left to their own devices.

I realised I was already running late as I got off the train, but my pursuit for sunglasses encouraged me not to turn back. Uni’s important, but I can be late for sunglasses. I hurried through the Rocks, passing Circular Quay without stopping for a coffee…

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