Coincidence
“Real life has always seemed to us more frugal in coincidences than the novel or other forms of fiction, unless we were to allow that the principle of coincidence is the one, true ruler of the world, in which case, we should give as much value to the coincidence one actually experiences as to that which is written about, and vice versa.” Jose Saramago (The Double)
Abu Ghosh stilled as I came down the hill; another Thursday evening had arrived. As nobody else was waiting at the bus-stop, I assumed that the 185 had actually been on time. Even the broken plastic white chair was nowhere to be seen. I turned off my iPod and sat on the stone wall, intending to read until the next bus came. Agitated with the vanishing light, though, I decided to hitch. This was the first time I had tried to hitch my way away from work; I let my arm hang limply, like someone trying to solicit a prostitute for the first time.
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