Sidewalk Snorkeling

Sidewalk Snorkeling is a popular pastime for amateur scuba divers who can't afford to fly to exotic locations to swim. Instead, they put on all their scuba gear and walk out in to a crowded city street. There, they attempt to snorkel in small, oily puddles. This usually involves jumping in to the puddle and waving their arms around, pretending to swim.

There was no window in his room. He wanted to leap out a window and soar, but he had no window, so instead he drew a window on his wall and ran in to it repeatedly, hoping that maybe someday he'd go soaring out in to a sky of crayons and chalk.