May252012
Today I watched a cat being run over by a car.
Have you ever seen that? It’s horrific. After the initial “thuh-thump” of , the cat started twiching and flailing, throwing itself around and clawing at the air over and over. What was once a beautiful black and white kitty became increasingly red all over and making a mess of the pavement in the process.
And the car just kept going. Didn’t stop to look to see if the cat was ok, didn’t go to check the collar to own up to their mistake in front of the cat’s owners. Just drove off.
May222012
dictionaryofobscuresorrows:
n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep…