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@@ -18,22 +18,20 @@ project: | |||
18 | link: snow | 18 | link: snow |
19 | ... | 19 | ... |
20 | 20 | ||
21 | "Riding the bus to work is a good way to think or to read" Paul thought to | 21 | "Riding the bus to work is a good way to think or to read" Paul thought to himself on the bus ride to work. |
22 | himself on the bus ride to work. His thoughts couldn't become real to him | 22 | His thoughts couldn't become real to him because he didn't want to look insane to everyone else on the bus. |
23 | because he didn't want to look insane to everyone else on the bus. His | 23 | His thoughts came to him like someone yelling over a hard wind. |
24 | thoughts came to him like someone yelling over a hard wind. He was trying to | 24 | He was trying to write them on his memory but the act of writing was easier and more immediate than that of listening. |
25 | write them on his memory but the act of writing was easier and more immediate | 25 | He was afraid that when he looked at his memory later he wouldn't be able to read what was written. |
26 | than that of listening. He was afraid that when he looked at his memory later | ||
27 | he wouldn't be able to read what was written. | ||
28 | 26 | ||
29 | "Thoughts are like the wind outside a moving bus" he thought "or rather the | 27 | "Thoughts are like the wind outside a moving bus" he thought "or rather the bus is a brain slamming into columns of stagnant air causing them to whistle past in a confusion of something." |
30 | bus is a brain slamming into columns of stagnant air causing them to whistle | 28 | He could barely hear the voice yelling to him over the wind. |
31 | past in a confusion of something." He could barely hear the voice yelling to | 29 | "Speak up" he thought to the voice, then remembered it was his own. |
32 | him over the wind. "Speak up" he thought to the voice, then remembered it was | 30 | He wished he'd remembered a book to read. |
33 | his own. He wished he'd remembered a book to read. | ||
34 | 31 | ||
35 | He looked at his hands to pass the time. They were dry in the winter air that | 32 | He looked at his hands to pass the time. |
36 | had seeped its way into the bus. He tried to figure out how many hours they | 33 | They were dry in the winter air that had seeped its way into the bus. |
37 | would make it before cracking and bleeding. "Maybe three or four" he thought | 34 | He tried to figure out how many hours they would make it before cracking and bleeding. |
38 | accidentally out loud. He looked around expecting stares from everyone on the | 35 | "Maybe three or four" he thought accidentally out loud. |
39 | seat. He was surprised that he was the only one on the bus. | 36 | He looked around expecting stares from everyone on the seat. |
37 | He was surprised that he was the only one on the bus. | ||