7/4

No buses but the sun is shining. The air smells like bakeries and car fumes.

A huge man is being thrown out of the mall.

The security guards speak to him so gently as if he were their own child.

He seems resigned and calm.

I bought a newspaper, tangelos, bananas, a pinapple, spinach,

goat feta, pita, candles, needles & a roll of navy blue cotton.