I walk down Augusta Avenue. I wonder if the girl selling poems is there today.
She is. Hers is an outdoor office on the street sidewalk. A desk, a folding chair, a perch amidst the rowdy Friday crowds frequenting the taco restaurants and loitering around to smoke. I notice right away that her teal-green typewriter looks worn. Sunburnt. It鈥檚 been through the trenches, I think. I suspect its owner is hungry, like everyone else on Augusta Avenue, but too proud to leave her post before she makes a profit 鈥
Bio:
Emily R. Zarevich is an English teacher and writer from Burlington, Ontario. Her work has been published by various magazines and websites, including JSTOR Daily, the Calvert Journal, Russian Life, Oh Reader, and Inspire the Mind.
IMAGE CREDIT: 鈥淎rtwork by Xiaorou Fan鈥