Saturday, June 7, 2025

the second one 
I was at an intersection 
where there is
routinely 

SOMEONE 
wanting to wash your windows
& I'm not into that
SO
as he walks up
I'm all gently putting out a hand
& mouthing

no thank you

& that usually SEEMS to be FINE 

BUT he did SOME kind of SEMAPHORE

AND it didn't 
SEEM 
FINE

THEN
the third one
we were driving down bissonnet 

& RIGHT at
buffalo speedway 

the SAME corner WHERE within recent memory 
I was driving back from the studio 
OR something 
ALONE
in my car

I gave someone of
indeterminate gender
who yelled
HEY BEAUTIFUL at me
MONEY
&
as they took it
they LOOKED me in the EYES and SAID 

can we be FRIENDS 
& I looked at them SOME KINDA way

& they SAID 
NOT for
your
MONEY


SO
at that SAME corner 
possibly the 
SAME 
person

STOOD there
in LIKE 
a COD piece

BEATING the TIME
AGGRESSIVELY

STARING in my
DIRECTION 
& yelling or chanting
SOMETHING 

& at that point

I'm LIKE 
was ANY of THAT 

REAL