Love Made Visible

The girls in security seem to be quite happy despite the long lines at the checkpoint. “People keep to your LEFT! A single line to the LEFT!” People are anxious to get through and to the gate.

I show an attendant my shoes. “Girl, next time wear flatter shoes. You gotta take those off.” I put my shoes in a plastic bin, and hand them to her. She doesn’t seem to notice and instead fixates on a woman in a green sari barreling down the line.

The woman doesn’t seem to notice people protesting her shoving them aside. She moves to pass me and through the detector. “MA’AM! Where are you GOING!?”. The woman is stopped. She frantically looks at the sister. “INDIA!” she replies jubilantly, wide-eyed and excited. The sister rolls her eyes as the rest of the attendants chuckle. “Back of the line, ma’am.”