TOM EATON: A terribly small Big Man meets an immovable object
One morning in the queue, that great institution of democracy and extraordinary patience
17 August 2020 - 18:09
I can’t tell you exactly when he arrived because there is a point, somewhere between the third and fourth hour of standing in a queue, where nothing really matters any more.
To be fair, it’s not even a point. By that stage time is no longer a series of moments but rather an ocean, silent and becalmed, extending infinitely in all directions...
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