There he was ........ a shadowy figure flickering at the edge of my range vision on that dark and drizzly night.
I wasn't sure if it was him or if my mind was just playing tricks on me. Could it be? ....... could it be the elusive one??
I had seen him once before ...... an anomaly of nature unexplainable. I had told my friends, even my family of his existence. But they scoffed at my discovery....
"Oh its a trick of light!" or "You have such a wild imagination!" they'd say.
But i had known what i had seen. The IRONY was so surreal that i couldn't have imagined it.
After our first encounter, i had sought him out again, driving about aimlessly trying to obtain photographic proof of his being. But it was to no avail, he had eluded me.
And now here he was again, ranting and grunting, shaggy and torn, just feet away from my car....i scrambled for my handy camera-phone....... so many buttons, so little time ....damn you fat fingers!!
It was to no avail...... he was out of range
or was he?
The light turned green, I whipped the car around aiming to make the block. Camera in hand i was ready. I approached the light again with much haste rushing to catch him before he disappeared into the night. And there he was right their in front of ........."Turn around dammit!!" i shouted mentally as he wailed into the wind. The picture would be no good unless i got his front!
The impending green light mangled all notions of patience ..... i had but moments left !!................. "Aye you!! You there !!" i shouted frantically, hanging a dollar out of the window.
But it was to know avail ....... he did not take my bait and went skipping wildly into the night leaving me with but one fuzzy picture. Hardly enough to gain notoriety.
He does exist .............. the vagrant that wears the t-shirt marked "Save Our Jobs" ......
........ he does exist ............
S.O.J. vagrant - last sited at the Uriah Butler Intersection by grand Bazaar
note: still wearing same t-shirt ................ as predicted !!
I wasn't sure if it was him or if my mind was just playing tricks on me. Could it be? ....... could it be the elusive one??
I had seen him once before ...... an anomaly of nature unexplainable. I had told my friends, even my family of his existence. But they scoffed at my discovery....
"Oh its a trick of light!" or "You have such a wild imagination!" they'd say.
But i had known what i had seen. The IRONY was so surreal that i couldn't have imagined it.
After our first encounter, i had sought him out again, driving about aimlessly trying to obtain photographic proof of his being. But it was to no avail, he had eluded me.
And now here he was again, ranting and grunting, shaggy and torn, just feet away from my car....i scrambled for my handy camera-phone....... so many buttons, so little time ....damn you fat fingers!!
It was to no avail...... he was out of range
or was he?
The light turned green, I whipped the car around aiming to make the block. Camera in hand i was ready. I approached the light again with much haste rushing to catch him before he disappeared into the night. And there he was right their in front of ........."Turn around dammit!!" i shouted mentally as he wailed into the wind. The picture would be no good unless i got his front!
The impending green light mangled all notions of patience ..... i had but moments left !!................. "Aye you!! You there !!" i shouted frantically, hanging a dollar out of the window.
But it was to know avail ....... he did not take my bait and went skipping wildly into the night leaving me with but one fuzzy picture. Hardly enough to gain notoriety.
He does exist .............. the vagrant that wears the t-shirt marked "Save Our Jobs" ......
........ he does exist ............
S.O.J. vagrant - last sited at the Uriah Butler Intersection by grand Bazaar
note: still wearing same t-shirt ................ as predicted !!
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