tales from an ordinary world

2002-10-31

"we can design future worlds"
meat beat manifesto.

Off-centre, and focussing too much on particular things. Pulled into parallel worlds, watching the world from a balcony. I'm dreaming again. I should be reading on the tram but I'm staring, instead - I've been leaving my CD player and books at home, so there's nothing to do but watch what's before my eyes. Second-guessing, frequently missing, always dreaming, never doing. I should be moving (and maybe even shaking). I should be... I should be elsewhere. I'm walking the last block home, again. Kids in the park, loud noises and girls squealing. Tram sounds, and passing cars. I'm thinking of other things, though - of the girl who smiles, far (but not too far) across the sea. I'm thinking of what I'd say - "I'd rather you were here than there" - but it doesn't sound right.