19 February 2007

explosions in the sky

At work in the Shadow Kingdom call center. I had to leave the floor to ask someone a question, which meant I had to leave the building and walk across a field of twisted, rusted metal under a massive freeway interchange, to a ratty retail store in a strip mall a few hundered yards away.
I go into the store through the back entrace, into a messy conference room/lounge area. I get my information, and as I'm leaving I can see a salesman and a customer sitting at a plastic table, discussing something.
I walk out of the store the same way I came in, emerging back into the the field under the freeway. Golden sunlight leaks in between sequoia-sized pilons.
Something happens up above, and a cement mixer comes tumbling over the side of the freeway structure. It seems to fall in slow motion. This causes a chain reaction pileup, and soon other cars start raining down, along with broken glass and flailing human bodies.
I try to make myself feel concerned about the immense human suffering that must be happening, but instead I just find myself entranced by the beauty of the spectacle.

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