The Pacifists

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By Joe Gallagher

 

Someone spilled a full family-size can of Quaker Instant Oats.
They left five perfect piles on the stairs leading to the A-train at 23rd.
The can is still there, on its side, the last flakes staring out.

Here I am wondering what exactly happened,
Curious as to how sad the whole scene can make me.
Truly my mid-20s have been the worst years of my life.