I was walking to school this morning, taking my usual route and enjoying the warm sun coupled with a nice, cool breeze. Perfect walking weather. I had the tunes going on my MP3 player, and I was starting to breathe heavier from trying to walk to the up-tempo beat. I suddenly felt something wet hit my eye, like a raindrop; except there weren’t any clouds, and nothing overhead. I reached up to wipe away whatever it was, but my finger came away dry. Maybe it had been something else, like a leaf or seed? I stopped to look at my reflection in the next store window, and gave my eye a thorough 15 second examination before deciding there wasn’t anything there. I assumed it had just been a bit of dirt or fleck of dust that had hit my eye but been blown away or washed out by tears before I could find it.
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