Watching People Walk To The Restaurant On The Corner

 

Watching the people go to the restaurant on the corner I wonder what their expectations are for the occasion ahead. I wonder if they’re looking forward to the gathering or dreading it. I wonder if they’ll get life changing news, someone announces a wedding or an imminent child or maybe they got a fatal diagnosis and they break the news between the apps and the entrees. 

I wonder what the appropriate time of the meal is for that?

Before dessert, certainly. 

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