Bobbin and Lace and Tatting

The Forgotten Class Of The Fading City

She’s off work and she’s walking home. She thinks to herself that a walk will be good for her, and indeed in many ways it will be. Get the old blood flowing. She’ll have to make her way through some of the poorer quarters, but that’s okay, she hasn’t always been as successful as she is now.

To get home, you’ll have to cross the river that divides the successful from the dregs. You’ll have to look at their hobo bags and dirt-streaked clothing and acknowledge to yourself that should the machine break down and you missed out on even one paycheck, you’d be right there next to them. But why think of that?

Look them over. It matters nothing, they will not find it rude. They are used to the staring eyes of others and recognize that while every glance brings judgment and scrutiny, it also brings the chance for a quarter, or a wadded up dollar bill. The dollar bill could be straightened out, could buy a coffee. It is worth it.

Funny how they all seem to belong to one tribe when their manner of dress and appearance varies so wildly. Look at that fellow there in the patchwork business suit. He used to trade blue chip stocks. Look at that lady with all the bags and girls sweatshirts. Those sweatshirts used to be her daughter’s, when her daughter was young.

This is just how it is though. She shakes her head and thinks about how thin the brick walls are between the alleys full of the homeless and the shops full of the wealthy, or at least the employed, selling their antique engagement rings and pink pants and pizza by the slice.

It doesn’t get her down anymore though. She can’t let it do that anymore. She’d have to take time off of work and who could afford it? Who could afford to pay attention to how they feel? She called out for a taxi and crawled into its backseat, letting the tinted glass insulate her from the reckless abyss all around her.

And this is how it is the world over, from one city to the next. The division between those who are getting along and those who have lost their foothold is a fine one, but it is a step from which most will never recover once they fall down it. Will you live under the shackles of wage slavery a day longer? It is time to consider alternatives.

Pairings: What to Wear with a Lace Top

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