it's true, somehow today is different than any other day. the sun is shining; the air is clean....autumn is flaring through the leaves. waking up today did not feel like any other day; it felt like something good had been added. or something irritable, subtracted. one of the two. both perhaps.
is this just matches' mind, informing him of the holiday? it doesn't seem like it is. away from family, away for the most part from friends; there is no reason for this day to feel different from any other. there is no cacophony of sounds and scents swirling through the corridors, like there would be if he were in colorado. there is no clatter of polished silverware and the 'good' plates. what a concept~ how disparaging to be the 'bad' plates today...but bad is more, lumberjack, utilitarian, and has a distinctive charm all its own. wouldn't you agree?
there is something in the air, something chasing along with the wind. could it be that the fanciful thoughts of the entire city around m is somehow thickening the atmosphere? puffing it up like a heavy whipped cream for the pumpkin pie? have you ever been in a room with someone, and had the exact same thought at the same time, and then the acknowledgment of it trickles out in conversation? perhaps the 'holiday spirit' is no joke, perhaps today is energized and patterned extraordinarily. perhaps our thoughts leap to all our family, friends; the world is latticed and spyrographed into fractals. perhaps we feel each other by the thin strands of thought that still connect us, and perhaps that is a clear and distinct reality despite lack of evidence to grapple with.
or perhaps holidays were special long before they were holidays. they are focii of energy fluctuations, a celestial landscape hitting its peaks. holidays may be what they are because people noticed this phenomenon, said 'this day is special', and marked it with a notch in a wooden wall.
how could you deny this strange, fluid chemistry? what is that? will it be gone tomorrow?
in other news, it feels so great to be getting paid for a day off. perhaps that isn't 'other news', and should be factored in ; )
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2 comments:
yes, today did feel like a holiday for some unexplainable reason. it was nice, considering i usually lack such spirit this time of year. what a fabulous day for the northwest, ay? it was almost like Colorado.
enjoy your paid vacay tomorrow.
glad it was nice in seattle, too. nary will we see more of this 'sun'. it snoops stealthily behind the grey curtain~
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