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Clearly the street sign is warning me about pyramids ahead.

Maybe around the corner. By the school or the park.

My neighbours say no. This is about speed bumps.

It’s simply a way of saying go slow. Drive slowly.

My neighbours tend to minimize everything.

I think this time they are wrong.

They say I have no idea what they saw driving up here tonight.

That I have no idea what they have been through.

That in the short time I have left I need to be more open to the experiences of others.

I said ‘What?’

In the public domain photos of Wikipedia Commons I found a link to images of cultural expression in Finland following World War 2:

http://pomus.net/kehityslinjat/1945-1959