the awkward lean

Yesterday, on our lunch break, Chris Ryan dragged me out onto the heart of Times Square. “I want to show you something.” We crossed the street, past the deli, past the Army Recruiter, past the Sephora, and stopped in front of that mysterious triangular building on 42nd and Broadway, you know the one that doesn’t actually appear to serve any purpose, but is always surrounded by 18 security guards.
Chris pointed his finger skyward. “Look,” he whispered.
There, gloriously, with the glitter and sheen of a phoenix in ascent: a billboard advertising the fourth season of The Wire. “Begins September 20.”
And, because this season’s theme is the failure of the education system:
“No Corner Left Behind.”
I am so excited I can barely breathe.