July 17, 2018

There was a box on the bench under the tree outside of the community safety building. On the box was an advertisement for a job involving lifting heavy objects five days a week. Next to the box was a form asking potential applicants what times of would pose as schedule conflicts.

A friend I hadn’t seen in a while was walking to his day job. He said it was rare to see me out this early and invited me to walk together. I told him to wait a moment as I needed to put something back in my room upstairs. By the time I ran back down I had already lost him. I thought I might as well run back to the box to take a picture of the advertisement.