It’s a beautiful sunny day, one that offers the limitless promise of the future, and the entire city has emerged into sunlight. They stand on street corners and look up at the sky, humming. Rollerblading! Hoops! Hopscotch! Flying a kite or painting a bike! Everything feels like a good idea on this day.
Two girls near 20 play tennis at the courts in Jimmy Simpson Park. It’s probably the first time they’ve done this in five years and they’ve dressed for the event. They’re as hip as they imagine Queen East demands, trying a little too hard to be perfect Fashion Do’s for Vice Magazine. Wearing knee-high argyle socks, Converse sneakers and fly girl hats at a slant, they’re performing for an imagined audience of people. As they swing their racquets and bend down to pick-up balls, they think about the curiosities they might spark in these people, who watching, would just have to know all about their tattoos, Blogs and favourite books.