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Over a number of days from point c to point d I have come to notice a series of events or acts. Watching them and the little permutations that occur within these acts has become somewhat a daily pleasure of mine. Someone has the habit of buying on his or her way to the station a can of hot white milky coffee. I guess this must be their breakfast. They drink their coffee and then place the can behind. >> One thing you notice about the streets of Tokyo is the absence of trash containers. There just aren't any--well almost not any. Next to drink vending machines you can find some reciprocal, but it means you have to stand next to the machine while you drink the whole thing, which isn't very convenient, or drink your drink on route to another machine that'll have a trash vestibule next to it. Again this is not always convenient. Or you can just throw the thing in the gutter, which few do because, I don't know, it's a group thing. There is another way around the problem and that is instead of throwing the drink can into the gutter, or carrying it to your destination, you can place it somewhere. When you place something you are not getting rid of it but putting it somewhere. And, oddly enough, no one much notices this act of placing as something wrong. Maybe it has something to do with treating all things with respect--getting rid of the used up should be done respectfully. I do kind of get it. By throwing you may reap havoc on the flow of things, even could cause an accident, just because you want to leave something behind. By placing you can leave just as easily though with the placing it becomes a harmonious leaving.
Anyway, who cares about all that stuff, back to more twists, c to d, and the red can.
I started noticing this red can because it was not in the gutter rolling around free, instead each time I came upon it the can was placed next to, on, or inside something red. Yesterday, to my surprise, I found the can by itself, tucked in small bracken just at hand's height, and was shocked. This morning I found next to yesterdays can a new red can. Today's was placed next to something red proving that yesterdays can was placed--too, in usual context.

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	POINT C TO POINT D Over a number of days from point c to point d I have come to notice a series of events or acts. Watching them and the little permutations that occur within these acts has become somewhat a daily pleasure of mine. Someone has the habit of buying on his or her way to the station a can of hot white milky coffee. I guess this must be their breakfast. They drink their coffee and then place the can behind. >> One thing you notice about the streets of Tokyo is the absence of trash containers. There just aren't any--well almost not any. Next to drink vending machines you can find some reciprocal, but it means you have to stand next to the machine while you drink the whole thing, which isn't very convenient, or drink your drink on route to another machine that'll have a trash vestibule next to it. Again this is not always convenient. Or you can just throw the thing in the gutter, which few do because, I don't know, it's a group thing. There is another way around the problem and that is instead of throwing the drink can into the gutter, or carrying it to your destination, you can place it somewhere. When you place something you are not getting rid of it but putting it somewhere. And, oddly enough, no one much notices this act of placing as something wrong. Maybe it has something to do with treating all things with respect--getting rid of the used up should be done respectfully. I do kind of get it. By throwing you may reap havoc on the flow of things, even could cause an accident, just because you want to leave something behind. By placing you can leave just as easily though with the placing it becomes a harmonious leaving. Anyway, who cares about all that stuff, back to more twists, c to d, and the red can. I started noticing this red can because it was not in the gutter rolling around free, instead each time I came upon it the can was placed next to, on, or inside something red. Yesterday, to my surprise, I found the can by itself, tucked in small bracken just at hand's height, and was shocked. This morning I found next to yesterdays can a new red can. Today's was placed next to something red proving that yesterdays can was placed--too, in usual context.
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