can you see it?
a water tower
way off
there
so small
but
still there
we took a walk in the park on saturday
decided to cut it short
so
we walked up those stairs
which takes us back to the park
below the community garden part of the loop
we usually make
i paused
looked up
and
there it was
so
of course
i took the shot
i began serving grand jury duty this week
things are a bit different
than they were
last time
i got to do this civic duty
back then
when they called the roll
you got to say
afternoon or morning
as there are two sessions
this time
they ushered approx 300 of us into a courtroom
let us sit for almost 45 minutes
before getting started
there was an explanation of reasons for exclusion
there was an explanation of how sessions would be filled
then
the roll was called
you replied
serve
or
application
application
gets you a reprieve of 6-8 weeks
serve
means
your name goes into
a hopper
a lottery
then
names were pulled
chosen
from
those who opted to
serve
they were
pulled
randomly
i watched
as
row
after row
for
afternoon session
was filled
less people opted for morning
my name
was
not
called
finally
the man in charge
announced
that
the last 7 names in the hopper
were
to
sit
fill
the
morning session
guess
who
was
one
of
the
'lucky' 7
yup
i get to serve
daily
from
today
through
december 2
every day
except
weekends
veterans
and
thanksgiving
day
from
10 to 1
after which
i will head into the office
how unhappy am i
well
lets just say
its
off
the scale of 1 to 10
things are a bit different
than they were
last time
i got to do this civic duty
back then
when they called the roll
you got to say
afternoon or morning
as there are two sessions
this time
they ushered approx 300 of us into a courtroom
let us sit for almost 45 minutes
before getting started
there was an explanation of reasons for exclusion
there was an explanation of how sessions would be filled
then
the roll was called
you replied
serve
or
application
application
gets you a reprieve of 6-8 weeks
serve
means
your name goes into
a hopper
a lottery
then
names were pulled
chosen
from
those who opted to
serve
they were
pulled
randomly
i watched
as
row
after row
for
afternoon session
was filled
less people opted for morning
my name
was
not
called
finally
the man in charge
announced
that
the last 7 names in the hopper
were
to
sit
fill
the
morning session
guess
who
was
one
of
the
'lucky' 7
yup
i get to serve
daily
from
today
through
december 2
every day
except
weekends
veterans
and
thanksgiving
day
from
10 to 1
after which
i will head into the office
how unhappy am i
well
lets just say
its
off
the scale of 1 to 10