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The denizens of this street moved in and out of pockets and subtle groupings that seemed to appear gradually and reappear as identifiable subsets the longer you watched. Nothing so simple as rich and poor, or Caucasian and Asian, there seemed to be certain pairings that repeated themselves as the crowds moved back and forth. They would slowly collect a certain kind of following like an excited nucleus grabbing wild electrons and forming new elements.<\/p>\n
Eventually this pocket of people would begin to shed members until it lost its critical mass. Then it would collapse and dissolve back into the flow until another pairing occurred and the whole process repeated itself. It added an energy to the neighbourhood that was immediately discernible but very hard to identify without the patience of our watcher.<\/p>\n
One of the common factors of the initial group seemed to be age. The first pair were almost always age mates although soon that was an indiscernible distinction as others joined in. They could be very young, like the disheveled 8- and 9-year-olds who stopped to taunt each other. Very soon parents or relatives joined the group, followed by siblings and curious teens. The internal cohesion provided by the children’s interaction held the group together for several minutes before members moved on with\u00a0 their days. Some left the area, some entered through the doorways shutting out the energy of the street and some just drifted away, amusing themselves and waiting to be drawn in once more in the conversation of the street.<\/p>\n
But it was the people who were not a part of this current, who had not yet entered into the flow, that interested the man on the curb. He was waiting for those who were not yet there and who patiently awaited their addition to the stream of humanity that formed the essence of the day.<\/p>\n
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