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Something Akin to Culture Shock

Something Akin to Culture Shock

A simple observation I had at the end of a bus trip around the city years ago.

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Feb 02, 2024
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Sun rides over rolling sand dunes of the Sahara Desert
Photo by Nicolas Jehly on Unsplash
On the last stop of the Baltimore Toxic Tour, 
a few one hundred feet away from a garbage dump, 
two buses full of Loyola students were in awe. 

The dirt ground, cayenne pepper powder colored 
and devoid of verdant blades and hearty thickets, 
resembled the pimpled face of a teen bracing 
themselves for the meteor impa…

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