夜道 | On a Street at Night

帰りの夜道。当たり前のことだが、夜は暗い。大きな町のトロントなので、ダウンタウンは十分明るい。う○こやガムを踏むこともあれば、昨夜みたいなこともあるのかな。

道ばたでお金を拾った。２０ドル札を３枚。日本みたいに交番があれば届け出るのだが・・・。カナダにはそんなシステムはない。僕が無視して拾わなくても、結局気付いた誰かが持って行くんだろうと思うと・・・いただくことにした。

思えば、１０何年前の冬、同じ通りで、メトロパス（毎月の地下鉄の定期みたいなもの）を落としたことを今思い出した。


On a street at Night, on my way home, it is of course dark. Toronto is a big city, so downtown is bright enough. I could step on a dog shit or chewing gum, or it could be like last night.

I found money on a street – 3 20-dollar bills. If there was a koban (a small police stand, located around the streets of a city in Japan), I could have handed the article to a police officer. There is no such system in Canada. If I didn't pick them up, someone, who found the bills, would pick up and take them with him/her.... So, I picked them up and snatched them.

It reminded me the time when I lost my Metropass on the same street in one winter like 10 something years ago.