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Generalizing Traffic

You see a car and you instantly think She’s young, She’s cute. She’s blonde. She’s perky. She’s a smiler. She has perfect nails. Then you catch up. She is a he. About eighty. Struggling to see. You see a truck and you instantly think He’s the boss. He has little cowboys. He is rugged. Then you catch up and she’s a junk yard dog, The inside looks like the home of a hoarder She is dropping cigarette ashes out the window. You are amazed at how wrong you are. Even traffic cannot be generalized.

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Date: 5/11/2019 4:38:00 PM
I bet I wouldn't) P.S.: In the late 90s, the gorillas wore three stripes Adidas sport shoes. At least, in Moscow subway. It was pretty easy. To pass test in Paris metro was more complicated)
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Date: 5/11/2019 5:25:00 AM
When I was younger, I used to have fun on subway trying to guess by shoes the appearance of its owner. Cannot be generalized)
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/11/2019 8:45:00 AM
I know. It is crazy, but I wear the goofiest loudest most ORANGE neon-shoes imaginable. I know that none of you the poets on here could have guessed that and a pair of gorilla slippers whose eyes light up.
Date: 5/10/2019 11:20:00 AM
I like this, so true to life Panagiota
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/10/2019 7:09:00 PM
I make up stories about my drivers all the way to work and back.

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