Invisibility

In the subway station at the end of the day, the commuters part to either side of the canvasser trying to flag them down like a swift stream gliding around a stone.

He attempts to engage a few more of us until, dejected, he gives up, and he waves me off with a downcast expression when I make eye contact.

But something of his failure seems to attach to me, as if invisibility is a virus that can be transmitted by proximity. I am not a small person, but three people almost run me right over on the way down to the train platform, as if they didn't see me at all.
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