Egg view

I see... someone has dropped something unexpected in our street.
It feels to me it's not a great idea to stay here.

It's not hard to find, she said, and she was right. When I walked into the street I saw it right away. It's not a pretty sight. Someone had dropped something off and everyone turned a blind eye. It was striking how empty the street was. A man was suspiciously messing around in a planter while on the other side of the street, some guy was watching him, lighting a cigarette.
The sky was cloudy but a strange light shone on the buildings on the east side of the street and the egg that had been left behind was also lit up by it.

I stared at the giant egg in awe and wondered what the dragon would look like if it broke. Blue, red, green? Judging by the shape, it must have been one of those lucky Chinese dragons that raced through the air like a snake. Excited, I pulled my mobile phone out of my jacket pocket and took a picture. A loud bang and... the street was wiped out. My last thought before the light went out was can't things ever go right the first time.

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