scruta

I was walking home tonight thinking how wonderful it can be to be alone and utterly at peace. There always used to be some kind of pain sitting with me before, waiting inside my mind to grab at me, but now it’s gone. Gone into the darkness of this city. Leaving me alone, born anew.

I saw a ferret run across the road. I didn’t know that they lived in the big city. It was a wonder that that kind of animal could live here at all. I wondered if it was the only one.

Well, I guess there’s two of us…