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How to Walk to the Library
Anna White

one is looking.  Check to make sure you remembered your wallet and take 

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glow. Think about the concert this weekend, and pull your skinny jeans up 
a little.  Wave at your friends that you see as you pass.  Keep walking, and 
turn the corner now.  

Notice the strange man leaning on the stop sign at the end of  

shoulders back.  Keep walking.  Try to think about your book, or your 

thumping down the sidewalk.  Imagine your knees are screws, your brain a 

and make sure your thumb is in the right place, just in case.  Imagine that 

getting closer now.  He’s looking at you, and he’s standing a little too tall, 

now.  His mouth falls open.  Keep walking, and purse your lips, letting his 

Keep walking, and feel your metal skin convert to rubber.  Your 

you are human.  

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