✦ OUTSIDE, PIB ✦
Parked off PIB.
Engine off.
People coming and going.
Doors opening, closing.
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Dropped him at the entrance.
He walked in with the others.
I stayed out here.
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Traffic keeps moving.
Same as always.
Nothing pauses for it.
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Inside, they’re talking about a teacher.
Stories, probably.
People remembering.
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Out here, it’s just time.
Sitting.
Watching.
Waiting for him to come back out.
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He’ll step through those doors again.
Maybe quiet.
Maybe the same.
Hard to tell.
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No big lesson to say.
Just—
I’m here.
He went in.
I’ll be here when he comes out.