Good Morning;
It's a few minutes after midnight and Monkee and I have been running our mouth's for the past 3 hours catching up on all the things we have had no real time to talk about in the past few months. The Metro subway is closed so she said I should just crash out on the couch since her 'friend' hasn't called and his 'window of opportunity' has just been closed, locked, the shade pulled down, and the storm shutters bolted........LOL!!!
We are sitting here listening to the neighbor's rug rats, porch monkeys, and yard apes, and even a curtain climber outside running up and down, and in and out!!, of the street. They are even coming up on the porch and shouting in the window to/at her.
Curfew??......curfew?.........."we don't care nuthin' 'bout no stinkin' curfew!".
Where are the parents you ask?......Inside watching TV, (and I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt, because this IS the 'hood', right down the street from one of B-more's many 'crack corners', and the odds on one of the other alternatives is a lot higher than you or me hitting the Powerball jackpot!), sleeping,....happy the noisy little brats aren't in the house bothering them.
And C.P.S. wanted to remove Rachel from her mother's house because of a temporary utility cutoff???? What's wrong with this picture?
Well I made it to the Starbucks before Michelle and we spent almost 4 hours exchanging the latest news, reminiscing, laughing, philosophizing, gossiping, identifying and delineating the city's/country's/world's ills and comparing our ideas on how to solve them....and trying to wrap our minds around the concept that it has been just short of 11 years ago that we first met, (and at the same time expressing amazement that we have not known each other always), and how we knew from the moment we met that a very special, rare and unique connection existed between us, which was almost physical in it's occurence. Call it 'love at first sight', but a spiritual, not romantic thing, "agape" as it is known as. And it was not through lack of desire on my part, but a combination of circumstance, timing, and moral & ethical constraints which prevented a typical or predictable relationship from developing. The next thing we realized we had shared more intimate feelings, deep personal revelations, and soul baring confessions of hopes, dreams, fears, and desires than most people who had been married for years, that we were soulmates and friends for life, and that if the time ever came for us to be lovers in the physical sense, we'd know it instantly and intuitively....but it wasn't then. (or Now..). Which in it's own way was a very liberating thing, to have someone you can trust 100%, who you can tell ANYTHING...and not be judged, without the complicated and sometimes convoluted dances of ettiquette that being lovers sometimes requires.
Anyway, 'you had to be there',......lol.
And Michelle................Thanks.
So.....by the Grace of God, the kindness and generosity of a dear friend, and the courtesy of Monkee I now have the meds to last me until the 2nd of October when I'll (hopefully...knock wood) get my little bit of monthly cash. I should be able to stretch the couple $$ left on my Foodstamps card, supplemented with a trip or two to Jenn's and offering to cook, and any 'mark outs' from the sandwich case, and of course the handy dandy donut and bagel recyle stop...the "Dunkin Dumpster" if neccessary. The phone has 1 minute left on it and I'm not answering any calls, so it's my watch and beeper until the 1st of the month, (and I have to put some cash opn my other number next month or lose service), and I have one Quarter and a handful of Pennies in a baggie that is the day's 'floor finds'.
Well the little brats just went inside and I'm going to rack out on the couch too.
I just want to close by remarking on what a lovely thing it is to be trusted, with someone's house or apartment, their laptops, with the knowledge that you are believed in, with their children, with their secrets.
Next time you see a homeless person, look beyond the label and see the human being.....with a lot of the same experiences, strengths, hopes and dreams, and fears that you do.....you never know, you may see someone you know...or would like to know.
Later................Dave
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