Dec
28
2004
The other day I opened up the sliding glass door t…
The other day I opened up the sliding glass door to my bedroom balcony to find it was snowing outside. The white flakes were accompanied by children laughing and an unpleasant odor. I looked down and saw the source of all this: a family was burning a huge amount of ghost money in a vat in the alley below, and bits of ash were floating all over the place, some still glowing red. The kids in the family looked up and saw me, pointed and laughed, while the adults ignored me as I brushed off the bits of ash from my shirt.
One of the boys put on a neck brace, and then the family joined hands in a circle around the burning ghost money.
I hope they were praying for fire insurance.
