the sun went down today just past five today. i was on my way home from the acc with my kid. inside the subway tunnels of my hometown, one would have hardly noticed the early twilight. but once we left behind the city's vast underbelly of winding steel, the reality of the season began to dawn on us. daylight savings was no more. the air was crisp. the leaves were blowing. the faces were drawn.
the previous night, the local mall had been filled with the sounds of breathless revellers. it was barely november and yet the aura of christmas had already begun to permeate the ether. hardly the true spirit of the holiday season but it would no doubt have to suffice given our post-modern commercial world. material goods long ago usurped the authority of spiritual enlightenment. immediate gratification supplanting the comforting ennui of an uncertain future. better, faster, stronger had become the catchphrase of the day.
maybe ignorance truly is bliss.
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you know sir, your writing would make for a good example of a block of text with tons of literary devices. you should consider submitting your work to some of your english teaching co-workers. hahaha
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