Sorry for my silence the last few days. I had a terrible
cold and didn’t feel like blogging, besides having nothing to say. Yesterday I
made an attempt to go back to work but left after half a day. As I was riding
the bus, I saw a truck labeled “Smooth Moves Inc” make a right turn from the
left-hand lane, cutting off a car. You can’t make this stuff up. You do see
crazy things on the bus; a few weeks ago we saw a police car being towed, and
it didn’t appear to be damaged, so my bus buddy and I speculated that it had
parked illegally. Is that even possible?
Here my story takes a darker turn. The bus went around the
square, and I looked up at the roof where “Spare Time” should have been… and
there was nothing there! Even more strangely, it looked like someone had just
taken it down, because I swear I saw someone's head and the top of the sculpture
over the edge of the roof. I immediately emailed the city clerk to demand to
know why they were removing my favorite piece of artwork. Someone got back to
me right away and copied the city art commissioner, saying he hadn’t heard they
were planning to do that. Then the commissioner chimed in, saying she didn’t
know anything about it either. So the mystery deepens… Was it frat boys? Was it
an unauthorized removal by the building owners? Is the sculpture just being
cleaned? The commissioner said she would get back to both of us when she found
out more, so stay tuned.
Famous Hat
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