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It's lunchtime. I am on break, eating a sandwich.
Only I'm in New York City.
So it feels like 9 in the morning. And I'm still feeling comatose from waking up at what feels like four a.m.
I am reading The Catcher in the Rye, a copy I bought in high school. It just seemed appropriate to bring this book to this city. Funny thing though. There was an index card in the book with the address of an old friend of mine that I knew in college. He lived in Israel and was probably one of the smartest people I've ever known. I haven't spoken to him since or even thought about him, frankly. But he loved Salinger and he loved New York.
It's strange how memory works. Time is always confusing when you're traveling and it plays with the way our mind stores and recalls thoughts. I am in this city. I am thinking of friends and family. It feels like morning and afternoon. I am reading a book whose lines echo strongly in my memory.
Echoes and memory.
