its a small  exceptionally wellknown  exceptionally wellheeled    college town

he learned of it in high school when he was considering architecture as a career fuckin hilarious gave it up he could see the writing on the wall the craft the drafting was going to giveway to CADfuckin acronym Computer Aided Design   

                                                                                                      not his cup of tea then

or now

when he turned forty his father asked him what hed accomplished in his life his father and mother had eight kids

    Whell Dad  Rightly  Proudly

                                   Ive eluded a career

his father wasnt humoured

he laughed

             almost had a fit

although

           if being happy was a career

so far hed crushed it

    a small  exceptionally wellknown  exceptionally wellheeled   college town

he ended up living nearby rurally  second community north of it

                                                                            small fuckin world

comparatively  he was raised in Chicago

when he arrived years ago he befriended a fella

the evening before last over beers fella referred to a harrowing incident that happened a week earlier in the college town

a couple of Neandertals were walking up the darkened street towards him

                                                                               he escaped in his car

they went back an forth several times

he insisted maybe he misunderstood the situation

fella insistedvehemently  he hadnt

                                     felt threatened  a couple of hoodlums

Hoodlums

Damn straight. They looked like they were looking for trouble.

You coudnt see their faces

Wasn’t necessary. I saw how they carried themselves.

                                                          They were up to no good.

Your assessment

Felt it in my guts.

    Fear  Yacoudnt see their facestheir expressions Ill guess they werent white because at night you can still make out someones complexion

I believe so.

Hmm

You don’t get to secondguess me. You weren’t there.

    Mean streets

                   Methinks Ill drive down some evening an stroll the mean streets of  sorority row

Ridiculous

You weren’t there.

No

      You forget I grew up in Chicago

This aint tha by any stretch of the imagination

                                                   Mean streets

Milk toast

Think heres bad

Yawoudnt go out at night where I grewup

1613,  Saturday,  1  6. 24

1352,  2sday,  4  6. 24

Glenn Frey  You Belongs to the City  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-QCKnlD0R0

Don Henley  The Boys of Summer  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RUIeX6UCT8