Wow Man ohman he thought as he shook his head in disbelief hed seen some shit some oddirrational
things but comon using yellow adhesive tape rather than paintinglacing the breaks in
the concrete sidewalk to identify them so the public wouldnt trip and fall on
its face was ludicrous
the
tape was peeling in disarray Have Tape
No Paint a
play on an old black and white television show Have Gun--Will Travel
he was walking and reading he wouldnt have noticed although he wouldnt
have tripped it was only because a
teenager curtly hustling past him tripped on the crack it flagged step on a crack break your
mothers back always pickin on mom a classic spastic stumblestumble
down on his face he wasnt agility enough
to dig outregain his balance
Damn probably hurt a-bug-up-his-ass’ pride had to be embarrassing
gathering himself off his face on
a knee on his feet he turned on him Are
you laughing at me?
Are you awright
Are you laughing at me?
I am not are you awright
You think that was funny?
Since yare awright actually
yah
Ya didnt see the flimsy
yellow tape on the crack Yellow Caution
he hoped the red growing in the
boys face was embarrassment the boy
would be mistakin if it was anger
he looked a bit like a cartoon thermometer
before it burst under a smiling hot yellow sun
suddenly the boy turned on his
heels and fled up the sidewalk away from him an promptly stumbled on the next taped crack
he didnt go down though
he yelled
after him YARE GETTING BETTER
the boy ignored him
he opened the book Joan Didions
Let Me Tell You What I Mean to read as he began walking again
he had lotsa practise
been doing it
since he was a boy
1337, Thursday,
24 6. 21
1046, Reggae Friday, 25 6.
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