EXERCISE: Who Lives Here?

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original posting: Thu, 03 May 2001 10:43:04 -0400

Wandering home this evening, I happened to notice a new sign in front of a local apartment building: "Our Residents See Things No One Else Does."

And I pondered...

Does this indicate something about the residents?  Their selection of mood-altering substances, their medical history, perhaps something unusual about their eyes?  Who knows what odd things can be seen, with eyes of verdigris and crystal thin?

Or does it indicate something special about the things?  Do the ghosties and ghoulies accost these dwellers?  Are there tiny twinkles lurking in the foyer, strange vines twining up the elevator shafts, perhaps even nymphettes most pert sitting in the toilet bowls?

Or yet again, does it refer to those others, those "no ones" who aren't a part of our residency?  Are they so unobservant?

Let your mind ponder a bit, and consider writing a little fantasy, a little poking of wonder into words, a tale of the residents in that hall who see things no one else does...

Go ahead, you know you have a tale to tell!

Tell it.