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##two shoes.
[[Next]]
i'm down in the dark tonight.
There's 5 minutes left.
[[bank]]
[[man]]
[[smalltalk]]
[[drink]]
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i just came from the bank. it'd be awkward to go back, so i'm not.
the stone walls are cool to the touch.
There's (set: $minute = $minute + 1)(print: ($time-$minute)) minutes left.
[[i should leave]]
[[man]]
[[smalltalk]]
[[drink]]
(if: $minute is 5)[(go-to: "end")]
there's a homeless man on the corner with a sleeping bag pulled up to his waist, his head is down like it's night out.
it's not.
There's (set: $minute = $minute + 1)(print: ($time-$minute)) minutes left.
[[look closer]]
[[bank]]
[[smalltalk]]
[[drink]]
(if: $minute is 5)[(go-to: "end")]
an old woman is waiting for the sign to cross, she is with another old woman.
i can't tell them apart, though.
"hi"
she looks at me funny.
[["hello"]]
There's (set: $minute = $minute + 1)(print: ($time-$minute)) minutes left.
[[bank]]
[[man]]
[[drink]]
(if: $minute is 5)[(go-to: "end")]
i can't afford:
* coffee
* beer
* water
* tea
There's (set: $minute = $minute + 1)(print: ($time-$minute)) minutes left.
[[take]]
[[man]]
[[smalltalk]]
[[bank]]
(if: $minute is 5)[(go-to: "end")]
she does not want to talk to me.
[["how are you"]]
[["nice weather"|"how are you"]]
[[stop]]
There's (set: $minute = $minute + 1)(print: ($time-$minute)) minutes left.
(if: $minute is 5)[(go-to: "end")]
i don't know him, but i think he knows me, and that worries me.
[[stop ignoring him]]
[[stare]]
[[wait|stare]]
There's (set: $minute = $minute + 1)(print: ($time-$minute)) minutes left.(if: $minute is 5)[(go-to: "end")]
i don't belong in the bank, and they do not want me there. this is not a puzzle, and if it were, there would be no point in solving it.
[[return|end]]
[[must be something else]]
[[cross the street]]
[[up]]
There's (set: $minute = $minute + 1)(print: ($time-$minute)) minutes left.(if: $minute is 5)[(go-to: "end")]
i have no more minutes left.
there's a bar, but that will be hard to take from.
there's a shop, with a cooler near the entrance.
that sounds better to me.
[[bar]]
[[shop]]
[[don't]]
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(if: $minute is 5)[(go-to: "end")]
"oh, good," she says.
i don't know about that. but i think she's being polite.
[["yeah"]]
[["okay"|"yeah"]]
[[stop]]
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(if: $minute is 5)[(go-to: "end")]
okay.
[[bank]]
[[man]]
[[drink]]
There's (set: $minute = $minute + 1)(print: ($time-$minute)) minutes left.(if: $minute is 5)[(go-to: "end")]
the light changes and she leaves.
i don't have to cross. i don't have time to cross.
[[follow]]
(if: $minute is 5)[(go-to: "end")]
[[follow.|end]]
There's (set: $minute = $minute + 1)(print: ($time-$minute)) minutes left.(if: $minute is 5)[(go-to: "end")]
it is hot in here, the wood is rough to touch, the people present.
i stand in the doorway and look about.
all the drinks are behind the bar.
[[take from a table]]
[[leave]]
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(if: $minute is 5)[(go-to: "end")]
clear and cool air is not kind to my skin.
a dingy little store with dirty walls. a cooler of drinks.
[[just take one and go]]
[[don't]]
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near the door, two people sit with tall drinks.
while they chat, i hover nearby. one looks.
[[i pick up a glass]]
i am almost out of minutes.
(if: $minute is 5)[(go-to: "end")]
it's not right for me to be here.
[[man]]
[[smalltalk]]
[[bank]]
There's (set: $minute = $minute + 1)(print: ($time-$minute)) minutes left.
(if: $minute is 5)[(go-to: "end")]
There's (set: $minute = $minute + 1)(print: ($time-$minute)) minutes left.
(if: $minute is 5)[(go-to: "end")]
that's an idea.
[[bank]]
[[man]]
[[smalltalk]]
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he sees me but he looks at me with pity. he doesn't stop me.
i have a drink in my hand now. i am low on time.
[[drink|drinkz]]
There's (set: $minute = $minute + 1)(print: ($time-$minute)) minutes left. (if: $minute is 5)[(go-to: "end")]
There's (set: $minute = $minute + 1)(print: ($time-$minute)) minutes left. (if: $minute is 5)[(go-to: "end")]
i nod at him, he doesn't respond. it is like he is [[dead]].
[[squat next to him]]
[[quit]]
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he has eyes for once. it is not nice outside, it is not cool but my bones hurt.
i am looking at his lips.
they are not good lips.
[[next|go2]]
There's (set: $minute = $minute + 1)(print: ($time-$minute)) minutes left.(if: $minute is 5)[(go-to: "end")]
i have seen the dead a few times, it happens.
you see the dead everywhere when you look for them.
even in the streets.
There's (set: $minute = $minute + 1)(print: ($time-$minute)) minutes left.(if: $minute is 5)[(go-to: "end")]
There's (set: $minute = $minute + 1)(print: ($time-$minute)) minutes left.(if: $minute is 5)[(go-to: "end")]
yes.
[[bank]]
[[smalltalk]]
[[drink]]
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he is still and gross, scratchy and bad. his bag is tattered. no one is looking his way, and he is looking no way at all.
[[i ignore him]]
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There's (set: $minute = $minute + 1)(print: ($time-$minute)) minutes left.(if: $minute is 5)[(go-to: "end")]
women, and a homeless man, and shops, and high street; there must be something else. in the window are clothes.
i am thirsty and not feeling very well. to the right is a boring street. to the left is the center of town.
[[turn right]]
[[turn left]]
There's (set: $minute = $minute + 1)(print: ($time-$minute)) minutes left.(if: $minute is 5)[(go-to: "end")]
the carvings are just that. they are older than anyone else alive right now, and there is meaning to that. i don't know what meaning is though. i don't know if i'd care if someone tried to explain it to me.
that is the thing. i don't believe in answers.
[[the sky is up]]
[[the sun is not out]]
[[must be something else]]
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maybe.
[[man]]
[[smalltalk]]
[[drink]]
There's (set: $minute = $minute + 1)(print: ($time-$minute)) minutes left.(if: $minute is 5)[(go-to: "end")]
they say not to look into the sun, but i have been doing so very often, for very long, and i can still see. it's bright, but it isn't painful. it is a sensation of crawling under the eyelid, and mostly an afterglow.
i can look up tonight. that is what i can do without worry.
[[what am i worried about]]
[[?]]
(if: $minute is 5)[(go-to: "end")]
it's never out here, so this is not a surprise. it's a fact and an answer.
i have to end now. i would like to ask:
[[am doing i okay|end]]
[[what do you think|end]]
(if: $minute is 5)[(go-to: "end")]
a perpetual state of clean up. there is work to be done, and there are people who work, and there are people. there are only absolutes.
i don't have much longer. i know that like i know all my asks and all my answers.
i know that, which is to say, i do not.
[[there's a busker who plays the guitar|end]]
(if: $minute is 5)[(go-to: "end")]
there are people on this street and they also ignore me, but then again, it would be strange to stop me. it'd be stranger to talk to me. and i don't want them or i to be strange.
i know i am sounding dumb right now.
i am about to run out of time.
[[comic shop|end]]
[[thrift store|end]]
[[hat shop|end]]
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