Commute
Joel Marten
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Looking up at the traffic lights He couldn’t help but think of how horribly The man in the red coat had looked at him ‘Someone like you will never be respected by anyone’ The man’s expression had said And they hadn’t even held a conversation! This stranger had recognised his flaws in an instant Not only that But they’d had the confidence to show it Just with a single look He felt deeply uncomfortable that his failures were so visible The light turned green and he crossed the road Puddles forming on the street reminded him Of his mother’s blunt criticisms that morning How could she be so carefree Throwing opinions around about his future? He was so frustrated And yet he knew she was right He would never feel motivated enough To truly impress anybody that he worked for He had no chance of escaping his anxieties He simply was not cut out to live in the world She hadn’t said any of this explicitly But he knew she was right He was so distracted by the puddles That the spokes of an old lady’s umbrella scraped into his scalp He felt startled and quickly steered himself to the side Trying to keep his eyes fixed on the street ahead She will have thought he was a total idiot Now yet another person who knows How ill-suited he is to take care of himself in public Another stranger who knows That people like him should Never Leave The house Eager to make it home before things got any worse He jogged a little as he turned the corner Leading to the town square As if in competition A rain-drenched rat scrambled Out of the off-license on his left Escaping ahead and sheltering from the rain By slipping into a drainpipe His monologue moved to thoughts Of the lifeless animals his parents had So obsessively bought and cared for his entire life A stoic rabbit was not his idea of love The stationary cats were nothing but furniture He had longed for a connection with these creatures But never received so much as a smile Upon reaching the square He took no notice of the man offering the evening paper Instead lost in swirling fixations Of his total lack of affection For anyone and anything around him With his gaze again glued to the floor He saw that his laces were undone And so knelt down to tie them His already overwhelming sense of being exposed Now grew to a level almost unbearable From the people in the square To those all the way down the adjoining streets The whole town was watching to see what he’d do next The man who strayed from the norm Even just the sudden descent was enough To send blood rushing through his temples There was no chance he could tie his shoes in this state His fingers trembled and his heart sunk He felt his chest collapse Nothing could be done but to let his limbs soften And to allow himself to fall sideways onto the pavement The impact was rough despite excessive coats and sweatshirts Though he barely noticed Tears formed in his eyes He burned under everybody’s gaze Concerned expressions masking smirks Heads filled with uncontrollable laughter His brain rattled with their sneering thoughts Minutes passed And nobody came to help Of course not, he thought Why would anybody take notice of him? He was plainly unremarkable As he lay on the cold stone The autumn’s late evening sky weighed down on him The rain grew heavier Droplets fell right past his face Apparently enormous Something about their intricacies began to intrigue him Perfectly formed glass statues Triumphant only for a brief moment Then melting past his eyes Diffused light from the street lamps Reflected back at him in the raindrops Glistening stars against the soft black city sky A thought occurred to him That a puddle might begin to form around him But he didn’t dwell on it He felt a brief moment of peace
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