A Guy From Ramat Gan (2)

Ramat Gan performs decency with exhausting dedication. He performed it too — the pressed shirt, the polite wave to the neighbors, the silence in the car on the way home from everything he actually wanted. But a body can only pretend so long before it starts telling the truth. Here is his truth: hard, held out, finally unashamed of the crossing he makes every time he opens a door that wasn't meant for him.