Outside the 5th floor window of a building, there is a man wearing safety orange from head to toe, standing in the orange cage of an orange cherry picker pressing a ribbon of green tape against the glass.
A boy wearing a Lego backpack walks underneath.
A man loading a stove into a truck looks up at me with surprise and a happy smile, “I like your hair,” he says as he touches his own conventionally brown cut.
I smile and thank him sincerely.
Further on, a woman in a dark blue coat with white polka dots and purple pants takes pregnant steps forward with her eyes closed.
Another man sitting on a low wall, toothless, flowing white hair and beard with clean pressed clothes, also likes my hair, and I thank him.
Near the train, I pass a friend. He works where I live. His head is down, his face a study of concentration, he does not see me at all.
What did you see?
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