Megan
« Today is my 35th birthday. Every day, I walk in this park – I see the grand rocher de Vincennes, the Panthéon, the Tours d’Olympiades, the château, the Tour Eiffel. Today I saw them all from on high. I watched the joggers, the dog walkers, the commuters. I watched the clouds clear and reform around Paris – perhaps the most watched city on Earth, but this morning, only one watched from this viewpoint. I saw Montreuil, my quartier, waking up, going about its business, with me suspended above it, passed in time and space, encased in a gold box. I watched the watcher : the police helicopter that cut through the sky like a shark through water. On my watch, the banlieue was sage and unmolested. This weekend is the presidential election, where candidates who want to change that are asking for our votes. I hope they do not get them. »
Megan