i got to thinking how different the world would look if i looked at it sideways. and what a pity it was that we are forced to walk around upright all the time.
well, sooner than i could've noticed how i must've looked to a passerby, i found myself upside-down (in my frame of mind, anyway). suddenly, the sky was the ground and the ground was very much in the position of what one would think of as the sky... in so far as how the ground looks like the sky and the sky would look like the ground to everyone else other than me at this time.
so, i walked around like this for about an hour, only to arrive at this realization... my original hypothesis was indeed correct: things are very much different when you look at the world upside-down (actually, if you go back to the beginning of this anecdote, you'll see i used the word "sideways," but for the sake of the story, let us agree to revise the aforementioned wording).
i swear, the grass was greener. Not in the metaphorical sense--though, i might argue that as well--but in the literal sense. the grass held such a richness in color compared to the likes of that which i've never seen. and not just that. the flowers, they seemed to smell a great deal more fragrant while upside-down. when people spoke, they sounded much louder. "i love you" he said to her, in practically a roar. "don't touch that!" a mother screamed to her son. "ice cream... $4 'a scoop" some guy yelled, at an ear-piercing decimal. or, maybe i was listening closer (this could be a side-effect of being upside-down, too-- yet to be determined).
and i promise you this... with every ounce of my being that i know to be true... i've never felt more alive than i did in that hour of upside-downness.
then i walked into oncoming traffic.
(oh, i'm sorry, were you hoping for a nicer ending?)
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