July 28

Jarod Dickson
Jul 28, 2017 · 2 min read

as i sit on the patio of the suburban coffee shop i listen

my feet rest in leather shoes on the cobblestone ground that is actually recently manufactured pavers

the breeze is cool for a change

a slight reprise from the humid July midwestern heat

i listen to a table of girls, probably not much younger than me

i don’t hear them because i am choosing to listen to music instead

it makes my life feel like a movie

they have books on the table and their iced coffee cups are empty which tells me they have been here awhile

the pages flap in the wind

they are barefoot

they aren't much younger than me but it feels like they are

i want to tell them that their conversations probably don’t matter

because that is what i was told

young people’s conversations don’t matter

i also want to tell them that what they are doing is important

it will shape who they are for years to come

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