City Sidewalks

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The sun beams down and heats up the hard, cracked concrete blocks. A blur of people past by; the busy mom, the businessman and the giggling teens; thousands of faces only committed to the sub-concious mind. Squinting your eyes up, your reflective sunglasses slide up your nose and settle on the hallows of your eyes-shielding them from the toxic, ultra-violent rays. Dreary flowers attempt to bloom, pushing through the exposed crevices in the paved roadways. Exhaust clouds your senses as cars zoom by on the humid day, windows closed and the AC blasting. Somewhere in the distance, the sounds of kids yelling and screaming during a game of soccer leads you back down memory lane. Sweat beads on your forehead and you pull your familiar baseball cap down lower over your eyes. Unknown. Unseen. The humidity makes it hard to breathe and you begin to feel light-headed. You trip and your vision blurs, small tinges of black clouding the outer corner of your vision. The last thing you remember before you crash towards the ground is the crowded, dirty city sidewalks.

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