THE FIRST NOBLE TRUTH
The doorman at the department store greets shoppers at the door, hopeful, craving approval, beaten down but coming back. A real job. Did he know this is where he would go? A woman, broom in hand, sweeps sidewalk waste to a pan, defeated, beaten senseless by life and dirty streets. Woman alone. Did she know this is where she would go? They were children once, teens with dreams, and now so old, lugging wisdom, submission in their eyes. What happened? Did she dream of sweeping s