one long question, one short remark

you know how sometimes you're walking to the library
and the sun is shining so brightly
that your face gets all squinty and you bite your lip,
but you're cold and shivering so you suck in a bit of air,
and because you're biting your lip while you're sucking in air,
you accidentally make a half-whistly sound
somewhat like a feeble human birdsong,
and just as that tweet escapes your lips
you trip over a discrepancy in sidewalk uniformity
(partly because your boots are too big
but mostly because you aren't very good at walking),
and then you notice that two people emerging from the library
are looking at you as if you had just--
well, as if you had just done everything i've just written?

i enjoy that moment of silly pathos.