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shiny objects

Saturday, May 08, 2004


There is a beautiful wastrel I have seen walking about town - young, perhaps in her early 20's, and very striking. Life on the street has tanned her skin to a rich shade of hazelnut. She keeps her hair in thick blonde dreadlocks and is wearing the same ratty running clothes every time i see her. Her most curious aspect is that she continually wears a pair of expensive DJ style headphones, with the cord trailing down her shirt into some unseen pocket. I wonder what she listens to.

I saw her once sitting on a bench in front of the dollar theater. She clutched the headphones to her ears, bobbing along to secret music, silently mouthing cryptic lyrics with religious enthusiasm. Her eyes were rolled back in her head. Her lips sporadically bent into a childlike smile.

Where can I find a copy of that music?


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