An eternity of wet
Posted on | November 6, 2005 |
We shared an umbrella between us and raised random points of conversation as we navigated our way through waterways that had sprouted within grooves in the sidewalk and lakes that have begun to form at each street corner. Rainy days make people moody; greyness is a contagious state. But perhaps, it is simply because sunny days draw attention the brightness and vividness of the world external to us such that we forget ourselves, while rain — rain closes off that world with dull, relentless curtains of raindrops and we are forced to reconcile with the discomfort our own individual existences, shrouded by an eternity of wet.
If it weren’t for the hemispheres between us, dandruff’s post could be describing Brisbane’s extended bout of rainy weather, and my recent gloominess…
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