They sit alone in cafes, librries, parks, in cars, watching, just watching. Never speaking, they dot our city, creating tension by their very presence. Do they eat? Read? Nurse one coffee for hours?
Faces lack expression. Sometimes they will grab a butterfly and hold it in their palm before releasing it.
Children sense not to approach them. Adults observe warily. Are they working for the government, just waiting for orders?
We should band together and take action. They are different and a threat, these quiet ones. They should be quarantined. No one has ever heard them laugh. Maybe they were put here to pay for our collective sins. Have they migrated from New England where this behavior is normal?
Maybe we should introduce them to karaoke.
You have a better idea?
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