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Outside my office window right now, the sun is coming up. A few minutes ago it was raining heavily; now the sky above us is clear and blue but I'm looking at it through windows streaked with rain. The sun, just peeking over the trees bathes the building next-door in light, turning the grey walls pink and orange and gilding the one window where someone has forgotten to take down their Christmas decorations.

These are two of the ugliest buildings in the city, but just occasionally, just for a few seconds, the sight can be truly gorgeous.

And in the minute it took me to type this, 'tis all gone and the clouds are hiding the sun again.