Vappu, drinking holiday in Finland. people are not going to bed yet, in the gray sky slow dawns that start at 0300 and run until 0900. Kaivopuisto. and stepping over half-dried trails of piss on the sidewalk where girls squatted, panties around their ankles, in small or large groups for drunken safety, to pee together. and the slightly oxidized splatters of late-night vomit.
there, doubtless, not here, and besides, I am here. now.