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	the zen block of the broom the owner of the mexican restaurant on the ground floor beneath our new office space opens his sidewalk for business, rearranging his curbside tables and chairs, straightening the sign for his breakfast specials: huevos chorizos. beside him, rob sweeps the red brick sidewalk with long strokes of a push broom and we talk about the humility of small tasks and how they're the stakes anchoring the blue nylon tent of our greater dreams. and behind us, the empty building.

the zen block of the broom