:22:05
maybe even a knowing grin.
:22:14
We're closing.
:22:17
Really?
:22:21
Late November.
:22:23
By all accounts,
a sad time of the year.
:22:28
Lacking more tangible events,
:22:31
the weather played a bigpart
in my life.
:22:36
Old people, they say,
talk of nothing else.
:22:40
- Cold out, eh?
- Quite.
:22:42
Health is what matters.
:22:53
Having lived so little,
I imagined I might never die.
:22:58
I couldn't believe
:23:02
that a human life could be so empty.
:23:09
I told myself
:23:10
something had to happen one day.
:23:14
Big mistake.
:23:15
A life can be both empty and short.
:23:19
The days trickle by,
leaving no marks or memories,
:23:23
then suddenly stop.
:23:27
Sometimes, I felt
I'd get used to an empty life.
:23:34
A relatively painless boredom
:23:37
would lead me through
the motions of life.
:23:42
Another mistake.
:23:44
Boredom is not a long-term option.
:23:47
In time, it creates
a feeling of pain.
:23:51
Positive pain.