Mass Observation
A woman with pen and paper crouches behind a
litter bin. A few metres away a man
bends over a concrete water feature.
Other students pass unperturbed.
Fine rain falls and the wind carries the scent of
pine from a country track leading away from the concrete. A crow complains at further investigation as
the rain pings on the large leaves above.There are wood piles and a black box that says 'Pest Control'. The path curves where a yellow balloon has landed, still inflated and declaring 'Happy Birthday'.
The greenery ends at Graduation Court where lines of cars are parked, their permits obscured behind watery windscreens. A woman walks, bent against the blowing rain, the two-way-radio on her hip talking to no one.
Christina Howard
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