inthiscity is the literary pet of a city girl who loves music, climbing trees and flying kites. she is a haphazard student. when she has the time she reads. she has social anxiety disorder, but sometimes she falls in love with girls, and sometimes boys [but not that way] and sometimes the whole world all at once. most of the time she just chills out with her side kick, Boo! i n s h o r t: inthiscity is a blog about music, strangers, books, oddities and [sometimes] falling in love.
November 17, 2006
Fleeting glimpse of humanity.
Tonight while I was walking there was a pigeon flopping on the ground and I was sad and somewhat sickened. I watched from across the intersection as a man nudged it with his boot away from the street. After a moment he picked it up and held it while it calmed down and he placed it in the warm spot underneath his coat and waited at the corner,illuminated by the street lights. The bird safe and warm eventually died and I watched the pair of them, and it was amazing. The guy held it under his coat and just stood there trying to make the poor creature feel okay in the last moments it had on this street corner.
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