While I wait for the light, wonder which words to use — whether “immature” or “innocent” best conveys America — an unfortunate unhoused woman dies on the sidewalk cuddling garbage and a teddy bear — her last moment unhinged: it is too much, too much, this humanity; so she passes it on to the passersby — who sit in traffic with closed-up windows thinking “Poor Soul” thinking this is so sad thinking at least she’s in a better place unable to explain.
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