An Evening Walk

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1. The walk is always the same, which is the whole point.
2. Out the door at eight, left at the bakery, down to the water.
3. The route takes forty minutes if nobody stops to talk.
4. In summer the light lasts and the benches are full.
5. In winter the same path belongs to dog owners and runners.
6. The bakery closes at seven but the smell stays until nine.
7. Halfway along there is a bridge with a view of the harbor.
8. Most evenings I stop there for a minute without deciding to.
9. The boats change slowly, and one has not moved in years.
10. Two women walk the opposite direction at the same hour.
11. We have nodded to each other for three winters now.
12. Nothing important happens on this walk, and that is its use.
13. Problems get smaller somewhere between the bridge and the corner.
14. By the time I am home, the day is finished properly.