Benches Help Society

A bench is a place to sit. A place to wait for a bus, or your Mom to pick you up after practice. Or, to the hobo sleeping on it, their bed for the night.

Today, I sat on a bench, something I don't do a lot.

I was waiting for my Mom to pick me up after a failed tennis try out. While I waited I could hear the wind whistling around me, the cars speeding to their destinations. I could smell the guy's next to me cologne. I could hear the 'tap tap'-ing of people around me texting on their phones.

Sitting on the bench for that 15 minutes felt good. The silence. Well the silence of talking. To hear nature, it was calming. A relaxing break from the rushed world of our society. So, no wonder there are tons of benches around town.