the unexplainable man: powell and market

stumble getting off the escalator city of garbage city of coffee cups city of rainbows see the blackness feel the warmth plastic covered paper cup hot sun blasting transistor nine more hours of daylight a virgin woman and a virgin man from minneapolis, fascinated i asked for tuna on a soft roll, goddamit a soft roll! bluejay poised to reascend - the filthy pigeons and humans these people are dirty i don't care about anything else but they're dirty english speak english people used to be proud human sounds slice of hot dog between teeth gurgle of beer down throat behind the window pretense of reading the paper embarrassed to be alone an old man feeding pigeons the diseased loathsome pigeons life calls to life yes yes the baked potato is wonderful i thought it was something good, like a steak or something on hands and knees on the sidewalk outside mcdonalds bus boy standing over the bum like a drill sergeant cameras, cameras everywhere no one takes my picture said no to six panhandlers lonely sneakers down the steps of the bart station