Thu Nov 29, 2001 11:12 pm

Depression Note #3

WE WERE STANDING AT THE BUS PLATFORM, UNDERGROUND
WAITING FOR THE NEVER-EVER ON-TIME BUS WHO HAD ALREADY
DELAYED FOR 20 MINUTES, A REALLY DEPRESSING SITUATION
WITH THE RUSHAHOLIC TORONTONIANS WAITING TO RUSH FOR
THE BUS, RUSH FOR THE SEATS AND RUSH HOME , FINALLY
TO REALIZE THAT THERE'S NO REASON TO RUSH AT
ALL!!!!
ANYWAYS , JUST IN THE MIDST OF THIS ANTICIPATING,
WORRIED, ANXIOUS MOMENT, COMES ALONG A CRUSHING SOUND OF A
SWEET WHISLING!!! ALL OF A SUDDEN AND IN CONTRAST TO
THE HELL WITH THE NERVOUS AND DEPRESSED PEOPLE
STANDING FOR THE NEVER COMING BUS.
AN OLD MAN IN HIS
60'S , SHORT BUT WELL BUILD COMES ALONG , RELAXED AND
HIGH IN SPIRITS, WITH NO ATTENTION TO THE SCARED
PEOPLE THAT ARE STARING AT HIM, JUST BECAUSE HE'S FREELY
WHISTELING, THE MAN COMES CLOSER AND GOES TOWARDS THE GARBAGE
BIN AND TAKES OF THE LID AND STARTS TO REPLACE THE
GARBAGE BAG....!
YES! IT'S THE GARBAGE MAN, WHO
CARELESSLY STARTS TO SING ALONG WHILE REPLACING THE GARBAGE
BAGS.
HE RAISES HIS VOICE INTO A VERY ROMANTIC, SWEET
ITALIAN LOVE SONG , IGNORING THE HELL OF THE WORLD
THERE.
I JUST QUICKLY START TO OBSERVE THE CROWD , THEY
ARE SO SHOCKED YOU COULD SEE IT IN THEIR
FACES!
IT'S AN AMZING CONTRAST, IN THE MIDST OF THE DARK
UNDERGROUND PLATFORM, WITH ALL THOSE DEPRESSED PEOPLE WHO'VE
EVEN FORGOTTEN HOW TO SMILE, THE MAN'S JOYFUL WHISTLE
AND VOICE RISES FAR ABOVE THEIR DEPRESSION AND
SADNESS.
A LADY WHO'S STANDING RIGHT BESIDES ME ,WAS READING
NEWSPAPER, FOR A MOMENT OUR EYES MEET AND WE BOTH START TO
SMILE, WITHOUT ANY REASON, JUST MOTIVATED BY HIS
BEATIFUL AND NOSTALGIC VOICE AND WHISTLE.
FOR THE FIRST
TIME, AFTER A VERY VERY LONG TIME I FEEL I'M STILL
ALIVE IN THIS COUNTRY AND LIFE STILL FLOWS UNDERNEATH
THE COLD CRUSHING COLDNESS OF THIS MODERN LIFE, I
FEEL SO HAPPY , AND IT AMAZES ME HOW SUCH A SIMPLE ACT
OF ACCIDENT CAN CHEER ME UP AND MAKE ME FEEL THAT
LIFE IS STILL WORTH OF LIVING AND SUFFERING.
YES,
EVEN A CHEERFUL ROMANTIC WHISTLE FROM A GARBAGE MAN(!)
WHO NOT ONLY REPLACES GARBAGES BUT ALSO PURIFIES
GARBAGES INSIDE PEOPLE'S SOULS.
lIFE IS BEAUTIFULL,EVEN
IF YOUR JOB IS TO DEAL WITH GARBAGE.
LATER....