August 2014 by Gaelan Kindall
The shell has become tainted, and now it is time to find a new home. Lived in this apartment for two years. I have watched this property, which was a sticker patch with a few huts, turn into the town dumpster. I want to ask a question of self reflection to those who have an ear to lend. You are a single person to start. Your branches might reach so far that a larger picture is presented. That is natural of life. Lets say that one mans trash is another mans treasure. Lets also simultaneously that humans, for the most part are not pigs. Giving them the benefit of the doubt. Why people in their own environment prefer their own filth? Are the comfortable swirling around on their backside relishing in it as a smelly dog? In my two years living in the park view apartments, I have witnesses an tragedy to society. People who barely can take care of them selves, attempting to take care of others. Is it that we, as individuals make a decision which leads to a string of life that only answers to their basic human needs; not taught actual value or proper care in life, then this cycle repeats to further push back all odds and chance, for their own preservation or future. When I first moved to the sticker patch, I believed that as long as I made sure to check my shoes at the door I was safe. After months of stickers which are only mere plants, they have evolved into a small tribe of human sticker plants. Only they carry the possibility of dispersing more discomfort than a mail box full of bills. Like bills, these are not leaving, they are multiplying. All of the sudden I feel like my simple place in the word in time has been infected with a cancer that seems to only be welcome here. My heart is broken. i received a response tonight that was as pleasant as the sticker, jabbing your foot without warning causing the discomfort, through pain, that was the green light to this decision. Thank you to park view sticker patch for having me. My actual rating is it is better to be looking for a can to curl up in rather that die looking for a shell. Actual rating -2
