It was a beautiful evening. After a long two-hour wait for the president to appear at an event, it seemed worth it when I stepped out. Not because the president gave an inspiring speech, but because after a light shower, the clouds had cleared, the western horizon was ablaze and there was a rainbow stretching across the sky.
It's been so long since I saw one! Pity was there was no one around to shout and point it out to. Among the grim faces of fellow journalists, chose a more friendly looking one and said "Look!" And he said, "Ah, rainbow", a flicker of a smile flashed across his face, and he was back to scowling at people around.
Which reminds me of a theory of mine -- that journalists after years of cynicism and emotionally detaching themselves from the issues they write about, eventually become detached from any emotion whatsoever while they are on work.
But I shall clap, I shall giggle when jokes are cracked, and I shall get excited about rainbows. So there!
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Also watch that you step without crushing dandelion heads, sometimes stoop to smell the flowers, join star dots to make teddy bears, drink milk so you get a moustache...
Nice!
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