what nobody mentions:

fringed fingernails from a gross twenty-two year habit
how frighteningly overside our egos are when we call something a "sky-scraper"
the arbitrariness of mountains of shoe boxes in landfills
the loss of love confessions sprayed on highway overpasses
mildew on washcloths
how they once perceived everything had a nervous system
(& how maybe they still feel sad when someone picks a flower)