Just fine again today

The reverberating ticking noise of the second hand

The alarm clock that rings at 7:10 AM

News that sounds all too familiar

Knitted-cartigan and muffler

The smell of morning

Little white clouds exhaled by children walking to school

The train that arrives at 7:45 AM

The platform's tired atmosphere full of yawning and sighing

Meaningless chit-chat and music spilling out of another's headphones

Hurried opening of shoe-lockers

Footsteps walking upstairs

Scratching of pencils

The winter sky

The usual classroom

Someone's lip balm falling from the desk and rolling on the floor

A ragged comics magazine worn out from being rolled

An answer sheet thrown away in the trash can

Coffee milk on the rooftop

The quiet stillness after school

The video rental store's bargain sales

Christmas songs blaring out from speakers

An arcade fighter 50 yen per play

The hustle and bustle of the city in December

Walking this way and that

The sound of someone calling my name behind my back

Solitude

Freedom

The comics corner of the convenience store

Low-sugar canned coffee

Pitch black room

Cold dinner

News that sounds all too familiar

The alarm clock set at 7:10 AM