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He walks out wearing the grey t-shirt he always wears with
the blue oversized jeans he got for Christmas 2 years ago.
No deodorant is worn, for a man who has smelled nothing but
a flower does not know how the air smells like, granted this flower
smells like 2 and a half pairs of damp socks piled together.

As he approaches the main street he could hear the cars
roaring, the ambulances screaming, and the trees making tree
sounds. The anxiety of his college years come crashing down on
Sam and he starts to sweat, one would think the man spilled an
entire lake onto himself three times over. Usually, when he leaves
the house it’s when Dan drags him out, but now he is all alone,
a cub with no mother, stuck in a circle of angry wolves. He hesitates.
Maybe he won’t make it after all. Maybe he should just go back to
living like a caveman, following the Sun around. Maintaining the
status quo.
All these conflicting thoughts leaves Sam frozen in time, for
a moment it seems as if time stops and before him is God who said
to him “You gotta go, the word limit isn’t reached yet”, and so Sam
pushes on to pursue his destiny, buying a lightbulb.

After what felt like a mile, Sam reaches the supermarket
which is a mile away from his apartment. All he has to do now is to
walk in, grab the bulb, and walk out. Simple.

The store contains a variety of products, ranging from
cucumber to gardening pots, from cheese to vegan cheese,
finding a lightbulb would be a no brainer, after all even Sam knows
it is at the back of the store where even a baby can find them.