21 Sept 2022

The thing works out; you did not think it would. It did, it does, you do. You see that with patience and practice comes the hard-to-speak, easy-to-feel warmth of belonging as the seasons turn. You do not need to speak it; it is already all around.

A man walks past the lampposts of a subway station at night, buildings and neon letters blurred in the background.

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