Death - Encounters in this urban HELL!
Despite the barren desert and fragmentation of activity in a city like the good ol' Bean-town, one process has always remained abundant for all to encounter: death.
Amidst the f******* hideous light gray buildings of my college campus, death is everywhere. My roommate (@imogendaszak) and I walked by a completely pancake-flattened rat in the dining hall's cul-de-sac. It did not escape the throes of the dreaded rubber tire.
And then there are the pigeons... oh.... the pigeons...
This deceased one (also encountered by Imogen and I) lay depressingly behind a chain-linked fence at the local park. I wonder how many animals, critters, people have lost their livelihood in this urban oasis (SARCASM!).
What else is dying? Well, a lot of things...including the egos of students taking illicit mushrooms in their dingy dorm rooms, etc. etc. blah blah... word-play and all that. As sad as it might all be, I must NOT let my spirit and wonder wilt and die alongside these things.
Keep the heart open! Stay positive... even with the onset of winter.
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Yes young squire I feel your pain when traversing across this urban landscape. But as you have said, we must stay positive. Even the rats and the pigeons so often ill-spoken of are simply those adapted to the environment we've created. Even in this adverse environment, there are those that thrive. The geese, honking. The jays, calling. Often the bullies and the prolific, yes. But there are survivors and thrivers nonetheless. German cockroaches... you get it.
And death? We must see it to appreciate our time. We should face more of this death. People should face it and be driven to correct it. Or not. Who knows!
YIPPEEEEE!
You're absolutely correct...
Nothing is permanent, so avoiding death is just procrastinating the experience of reality.
I appreciate your thoughts....
Even in a pigeons untimely demise we can find solace. For that pigeon surely reminds us that life struggles through even in the darkest corner of an industrial wasteland. The pigeon may rest but its spirit soars…
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