he's standing there.
next to the trash bin on the corner.
unsteady, kind of shaky on his feet.
breathing through his mouth.
worn out jeans.
rubber handled pliers in his back pocket.
flipping through a magazine
resting on top of the bin.
one page at a time. quickly.
turn turn turn. lick a finger. turn.
his hands tremble badly.
he struggles to turn the pages.
keeps at it. every single page.
until he gets to the last page
and puts the magazine
back in the trash bin.
he walks across the street.
old man shuffling steps.
barely makes it before
the signal changes.
i want to know what magazine
was so compelling, what feature
was he searching for?
so i retrieve it and have a look.
the cover is gone, but i turn the pages.
ad for kohler fixtures.subzero refrigerators.
a story about a japanese style house
in the mountains of north carolina.
leviton smart lighting controls.
a glass house floating above silicon valley.
a window that incorporates a fireplace.
a young woman dressed for vogue or cosmo.
the footer on the pages
identify this magazine
as the september/october 2017
issue of dwell magazine.
powerful Mark!!!
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