Track 06 - Last Night On Earth
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The road was clogged with rush-hour traffic, the sidewalks overflowing
of business people just left office, those looking for a taxi
, who headed for their vehicle or to the nearest station
underground. Even if the sun had not yet gone
golden rays that penetrated through the skyscrapers, made visible by dust in
suspension were filtered from the lower atmosphere
enough to be harmless. The pungent smell of ozone, nitrogen oxides, unburned hydrocarbons and
hot asphalt could also pass filters
nasal many wore.
The crowd that flooded the sidewalks was a perfect example of
motion of a viscous fluid, with its variations in density and speed, with its
vortices. Among others, one was caused by Shelly. While embroiled in a classic cut suit
, almost severe, its beauty
did not lose its power of attraction, attracted the attention of bystanders.
She had just left the office, a long day in which no
had done nothing, his thoughts a thousand miles away from
paperwork, as well as at that time was completely unaware of what
around her. Always
thoughtfully inserted himself into a current that was swallowed by
scales of a subway station. The smell of traffic
was replaced by that of the lubricating oil, the floor was shaking
at regular intervals to the vibration of trains passing
lines above or below, the walls covered with ultra-flat screen-size natural
trying to break the protective barrier of indifference
of people waiting on the platform.
arrival Shelly returned to train his focus its attention on
outside world and saw that an unknown girl was staring at her intensely
.
Shelly held her breath, until he realized that the girl was not
nothing but his face reflected on the window of the train.
was not the first time that happened that day.
was not recognized in the mirror just out of the shower in the morning.
was not recognized in the photo that her friend had sent to the e-mail
. He had not recognized the image captured by a camera
and shown on a screen in the mall where he had dined
.
He got on the train, the crowd pressed from all sides, even if he had not held the handrail
would not have risked falling. The phone began to vibrate in her bag
. With some contortion managed to pull it out and respond
, ear rang the voice of the secretary of
aesthetic surgeon who had applied, which reminded her of the survey
fixed for the next day. Shelly thanked him and hung up,
back staring at the darkness beyond the window of the gallery, its
stop long past.
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