Waiting For a Hero

Waiting for a takeout order is a good time to zone out, read a paper, or, if you're like me, start looking at one's surroundings closely and hopefully. I use the word in the old-fashioned sense. I will never give in on hopefully.

At about 100 paces from our office door, Anthony's Pizza and Pasta is not only the closest food shop to our office, but a good one, making fresh tasty subs. The looking around is also quite good.

I find it a very meditative space. First, it has huge picture windows facing the street. A few pictures I'll post in the future will show you that Anthony keeps the windows so clean that they don't even appear to be there, a captivating sensation.

So an appealing daylight, though rarely direct sun, always streams through the big windows. And when the light touches the aquamarine molded benches, I begin to believe in chromotherapy. (Aromatherapy I already believe in. Like, fresh coffee, fresh marinara, frying garlic, need I go on?)

When they bring me the white bag containing my hero sandwich rolled in aluminum foil, sometimes I get up reluctantly. I want to enjoy that aquamarine '80s buzz a little longer before I head back to my desk.

But I know I'll be back.

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