Wednesday, August 30, 2006 What do you do?
On my walk to the train this afternoon, I passed a guy who might have been dead, but I think he was just sleeping motionless on the sidewalk with his hands clutched between his knees. Sometimes that occurs to me, too, but he'd taken his shoes off and set them neatly beside him, a flourish which never would have crossed my mind.
The next person I passed on the ground, about 20 yards later was not dead, because he or she (long hair, face covered with an arm in a sling) was twitching a little. That person was at such an odd angle that I wonder if he or she rolled down the hill before passing out.
It feels a little rude to walk by people lying on the ground and not know if they're alive or dead, or if they've just fallen a pretty long way. I gotta say.
It's strange to be walking and taking transit everywhere again. It feels like two summers ago all over again, except two summers ago, I didn't have a job (except towards the end), and I didn't know many people in town. Now I have a job, and I know all kinds of people, and I'm less terrified of this city, but I've still been hiding a little bit. Like, what have you done for me lately, socialbility? The times I've been happiest lately have been when I've been alone somewhere along with a crowd of pleasant strangers who are probably not dead. posted by Frenz | 8/30/2006 11:59:00 PM
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