July 26th, 2002 - 1:41 a.m.

Rememberance of today through odour.

A noisy barrage of youthful Catholics decide to enter the specific car of the subway. Am surrounded. Without an escape route. Several hundred of them. (Exaggeration makes for non-functional gimmicky humour.) The inelegant vernacular. The bouncing method of the sitting position. The matching bandanas worn in their individual fashions. Shirts to further display their tribal nature. That elementary school stink of unbleached paper towels, dirt, and chewing gum. So very offensive.

An ascending escalator. A sudden, and surprising odour. So similar. Such a taunting facsimile. Made me smile.

A cab ride home. The standard semi adhesive vinyl seating. Middle aged, middle eastern man. Passing the stagnant lake. Four points. A breeze, and a waft of air. That aquarium stench.

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