walks

as i walk home from the bar i tend to take everything in. tonight was a different setting as i was in downtown ypsilanti instead of depot town. as i walk home towards my apartment there are plenty of bars on the right. you find a crappy bar before you cross michigan avenue. this is where i first turned on music on my phone. as i walk across the street with snow around me falling on my jacket and head, i listen to eddie vedder "long nights" from into the wild. i see bars on my left pub 13 all those bars. i see a strip club with bright neon lights and i continue to walk. i walk to the parking lot and due to the lack of covering snow falls even more on me. Long nights has now ended and i turn to "sleeping sickness" by city and colour. i walk across the parking lot and notice that my footprints have never been there before due to the snow. i start to walk in a way i never have before. i make it my mindset to walk where noone has walked before. i get to the sidewalk turn behind me and see a stump, as well as cars either at the strip club or the bars. i smile and leave. i make my way to washtenaw, where i turn left en route to my apartment. sleeping sickness is now over and i turn on "waiting" by the same band. i notice footprints to the right of me. i make it to walk to the left and continue to walk watching every snow ridden step. i hear the snow crackling beneath my feet, and again think to myself i am the first person to walk this route. i make it to my mailbox, and know that i am once again home. home alone nonetheless but with a smile on my face, because i alone experienced this walk. and although people may walk this route, they will make a mis-walk at somepoint and this route will always be my own.

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