Flags, Crosses and Empty Air

Posted on April 4, 2005 in Encounters The Orange

People aren’t talking as passionately these days. I cock my ear to listen and discover that people speak more quietly, mostly about personal matters. Or they eat in silence. There are fewer political jokes from either side. No one speaks about how events in Washington affect their lives. All I see are plastic fish and yellow ribbons. Yellow ribbons tied up with flags, crosses, and empty air.