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Though I don't agree with all of your position on this issue...I think that this particular piece of writing is first rate. The description you offered about the bum was excellent. I could picture him my mind...have you ever thought about being an author? ;0) Anjin --- In [email protected], "spider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yesterday I had another wonderful experience with a local bum. As I was at > my car unloading bags of clothes at the laundromat, a large fat > African-American walked by pushing a cart. The cart was full of plastic soda > cups from various fast-food restaurants. On top of the cup was a folded up > blue comforter with all manner of stains of every color, including a large > dark stain which ran through the middle. The bum was wearing a dark brown > t-shirt and dark brown jeans that were ripped open around the knees. He was > wearing big high-top sneakers which were open in the front as the laces had > been taken off. > > The bum was standing on the sidewalk, and I was about ten feet away > unloading clothes. The stench was like a wall of urine and defacation. The > bum stopped in front of the laundromat and walked in to ask for spare > change. > > When he walked out, he once again stood next to his cart. Now he pulled out > a can of Coca-Cola from the cart, and he looked into the can as some bug > walked around the rim. I could not tell if it was a roach or something else, > but the bum looked at it and watched it go into the can of soda, and then he > took a sip from the can and then started looking into the can, apparently > searching for the bug. > > After a minute or so, he put the can back into the cart, and then plopped > down on the floor next to his cart and by the door of the laundromat. As I > walked by he asked me for change, so I gave him an open bag of Cracker > Jacks. > > About ninety minutes later, when I had finished doing my laundry and was > leaving the laundromat, the bum was still there, along with the invisible > wall of stench. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Would you Help a Child in need? It is easier than you think. Click Here to meet a Child you can help. http://us.click.yahoo.com/0Z9NuA/I_qJAA/i1hLAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Livelihood Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZenForum/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
