Eating Alone

This is me, eating alone at a fast food joint, in one of the great cities of our time. I am new here-- it's only my 3rd night in town. I'm alone (but not lonely), having left everything behind to come here to take the position of my dreams. Though family will come along soon behind me, for now I'm one of 15,000,000 people in this megametropolis. The irony of this lonely meal is that, in other places, I enjoy at least some degree of notoriety and have friends everywhere around the nation. Surreal. What this city doesn't know is that I intend to paint it red in the years to come, as I make my mark on it and those who live here.