複雑な感情　Complicated Emotions by UENOSONO Masato

時間をかけて舗装道路の経年変化になじもうと一生懸命になっているように見えるガムの包み紙。このまま時間が経っていたら、もしかしたら路面に馴染んでいたのかもしれない。
文字通り不要なものとしてしか扱われず、捨てられたことすら捨てた側からは気付かれていない彼にとっての精一杯の抵抗もしくは順応のように見えて切ない気持ちになった。

Gum wrappers that seem to be trying very hard to blend in with the age of the paved road over time. If time had passed as it did, perhaps it would have acclimated to the road surface.
I felt sad because it seemed to be the best he could do to resist or adapt, as if he was literally treated only as an unnecessary thing and the person who threw it away was unaware that it had even been thrown away.