2:53 p.m.
November 20, 2002
Up until a few years ago, our alley was gravel. Then they made each household on the alley pay a couple thousand dollars to pave it. So now it's paved - except, most streets are highest in the middle, and go down to the sides. This one is shaped like a V. It has a groove in the middle which leads to a sewer.

So today I was walking down the alley, and I found a golf ball in the groove. I kicked it. It didn't go straight - it veered off to the left or the right, but it always came back to the middle. But not the exact middle - just an inch off. I kicked it all the way down the block. Once I kicked it really far. Once it almost fell into the sewer. Once I tripped over it. But in the end, it would always return to the middle. Almost.

I got to my gate, and decided to keep that golf ball.
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