Reading the Lines

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Meanwhile,

Mr. Zoom and I are still sharply focused on lines and hands and moving forward. When I saw this palm reader right there on the sidewalk, I slowed down just a little. After all, she WAS holding a HAND and examining lines.

I thought I heard the reader say the word DEMI.

I stopped. Inched closer. I could see that Mr. Zoom was still walking but I couldn’t call attention to myself by calling him back. I pretended to be rooting through my big purse. They paid no attention to me but I certainly heard THEM.

Palm Reader: Yes, yes, I love looking at hands and lines, hands and lines.

Customer: Why?

Palm Reader: Hands and lines? Oh, I’ve always been drawn to them and to what palms tell us. For instance, this line here is a half line.

 

(Demi. Half. I inched even closer.)

 

Customer: I teach math. In mathematical terms, a half line is

a line that has one end, but stretches off to infinity in the other direction. Kind like a ray of light, which starts in a definite place but never ends.

 

Me: (out loud)Never ends! Never ends?

Both Customer and Palm reader look up in surprise.

 

Palm Reader (misunderstanding): Do you mind waiting your turn? I’ll be through here in a minute.

 

Me (backing up): No, no that’s ok. Thank you….

 

Done