Fucking Time Square
A tourist, a cigarette, and a little nostalgia
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4 min readJul 25, 2022
“I thought Times Square was supposed to be gross or something,” she said, as she bummed a cigarette. We were standing on 8th Ave looking down 42nd St at the bright lights, the honking traffic, and the giant billboard advertising Jay Z’s new album. I shrugged my shoulders and held out a match for her.