Sinister: *snap*

[marisa stroud]

last tuesday, on my way to campus at night...

***

It's dark and cold outside. There's a girl standing in the middle of the 
snow-covered sidewalk, stopped to look at her hand. There's a mist of 
condensed breath hanging in the air in front of her face. She looks as 
though she was in a hurry before she stopped. She looks like the type that's 
always late.

As you approach her, wondering what could be wrong with her hand, you notice 
that the air is shimmering, as if you lived in a giant sparkly snowglobe. 
The trees, the cars, the street and the sidewalk are covered in twinkling 
drifts of snow. You begin to understand.

You're right beside her now, and she is smiling as she examines her hand. 
Her gloves are black and you can finally see the small handful of tiny 
perfect snowflakes, their points shining brilliantly against the dark field. 
She can't believe that something so beautiful and amazing happens by chance, 
and you don't have to be famous or clever or gorgeous to deserve it. All you 
have to do is look.

***

Happy Ink Polariod Monday

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