There are many things that can bring us together, when things are rough in the world, seem out of hand, things we may share, things that can put us on page with a complete stranger
A favorite sports team maybe, in a parking lot before a game through the haze of grill smoke and beer smack talk
An event of grand proportions where suns and moons align for just a passing moment as we look to the skies and buy churros from that one enterprising fella who has set up shop on a great lawn
A “Hey, my cat likes that one too!” in a pet food aisle at a local grocery store as we grab at the same cans (without bumping heads as this ain’t no Hallmark love story shit) or even a tragedy, though, of course, we would hope that wouldn’t be the case.
But then there are those moments that transcend these possible things
“Hey, I like your T-shirt”
“Hey, thanks!”
And then a counting blindly with a gas pump between you
“Then shall you count to three”
“Thou shall not stop at two”
“Four will be a no go”
“Five will be right out!”
Ok, we were kinda close but no matter, my faith in humanity has been restored in difficult times
Then a wave at my window as I was getting ready to drive away
Wait, was there more to this random encounter?
“Your gas cap, you didn’t close it”
“Oh, alright, thanks”
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