work, pleasure, reading, neuromancer book work of genius, not time to read, more time to want to readcandle, flame reflection in the window, setting houses aflame, or so it seems, chances come, chances go curly red sits next to me a foot or less away paralyzed by fear, concentrating, for once, on macroeconomics, do i smell? is there anything wrong with me? does she even notice, then gone, no more, walking away never to see her again maybe i will, but the recognition will not be there, just another northwestern student going to school, eating lunch or dinner or breakfast new classes new faces new fascinations, new obsessions, new beauty, pieces of art, to observe, to value, to enjoy