Gum on Sidewalks
In a minute I was all packed up, I’ve got a ticket to another world. Even though I knew I had piles upon piles of college algebra homework to do before sunday at midnight, I could not resist my wanderlust to go away for the weekend. The ticket to board flight 457 to New York made my heart skip a beat every thought or sight I had of it. I was eager to leave my small, one red light town for the extravagant City of Lights. As I boarded the gargantuan American Airlines plane with a streak of red down the sides, I slipped into a mental coma. I thought of the many possibilities of what I could do or buy while I visited the city. Even the people I was going to see excited me. Intrigued me.
Walking off of the plane I can already feel …show more content…
Back at home I never noticed gum on the sidewalk. There was something about this that made me cringe with excitement. Riding in that taxi weaving in and out of other cars seemed like a race. Like the fast and the furious but stuck in traffic for twenty minutes. Red lights surrounded every block we passed, it was strange, I’ve never seen so many in one place, on one street. The lights added more color to the city. Green to yellow to red, green to yellow to red, green to yellow to red. Everywhere you looked the lights were switching back and forth between these bright colors. I rolled down the window and listened to the birds whistle and sing along to the hum of the cars passing them. It was interrupted by the offensive horns honking, but at the same time, it was beautiful to listen to.
Seeing all of these things of New York made me wonder about the little things of home. Is there a certain beauty in the one red light in the center of town? Are the birds singing a song along with the hums and roars of cars passing by? I mainly wonder if I'm going to see gum on the sidewalks, and if I will feel that cringing excitement. I’ve got a ticket in my hand taking me home. I thought of the many possibilities that awaited me in that one red light
In a minute I was all packed up, I’ve got a ticket to another world. Even though I knew I had piles upon piles of college algebra homework to do before sunday at midnight, I could not resist my wanderlust to go away for the weekend. The ticket to board flight 457 to New York made my heart skip a beat every thought or sight I had of it. I was eager to leave my small, one red light town for the extravagant City of Lights. As I boarded the gargantuan American Airlines plane with a streak of red down the sides, I slipped into a mental coma. I thought of the many possibilities of what I could do or buy while I visited the city. Even the people I was going to see excited me. Intrigued me.
Walking off of the plane I can already feel …show more content…
Back at home I never noticed gum on the sidewalk. There was something about this that made me cringe with excitement. Riding in that taxi weaving in and out of other cars seemed like a race. Like the fast and the furious but stuck in traffic for twenty minutes. Red lights surrounded every block we passed, it was strange, I’ve never seen so many in one place, on one street. The lights added more color to the city. Green to yellow to red, green to yellow to red, green to yellow to red. Everywhere you looked the lights were switching back and forth between these bright colors. I rolled down the window and listened to the birds whistle and sing along to the hum of the cars passing them. It was interrupted by the offensive horns honking, but at the same time, it was beautiful to listen to.
Seeing all of these things of New York made me wonder about the little things of home. Is there a certain beauty in the one red light in the center of town? Are the birds singing a song along with the hums and roars of cars passing by? I mainly wonder if I'm going to see gum on the sidewalks, and if I will feel that cringing excitement. I’ve got a ticket in my hand taking me home. I thought of the many possibilities that awaited me in that one red light