On leaving before you have to

There is a particular kind of quiet that settles over a place once you have decided to leave it. The streets are the same, the coffee is the same, but you start to see everything as if through a window.

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The second section

Essays here can have headings, quotes and lists. They can wander for a while before getting to the point, and that is fine.

Most of the best decisions feel slightly too early at the time.

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