I was still ducking and hiding around my neighborhood panhandling this day was not good profit day for me and I only wanted a pack of Newports. Not having enough, I purchase something called an AL Capone. I was also chatting in mail with a girl. I have visited before I was homeless. She kept asking when I would see her. I also asked the same question of her. She asked me to come out to her mom’s house.
I arrived in Mount Rainier with a semi dead battery after a long stint of finding power. I soon reached the rendezvous. She met me at a Safeway and we sat and talked for a while. It was cold I couldn’t help notice she forgot some clothing at home. We talked and joked around. We then walked to her complex. I did everything I could to get her. But it seemed my efforts were in vain.
I walked her to the door and said goodnight. I headed for the nearest metro station. Not having any more money I attempted to jump the gate. I moved quickly behind a Caucasian woman but was stopped by an officer so I guess I failed. I had to accept a ticket and he told me that I could not use the station. I left disturbed and upset but what choice did I have?
After a long walk to Mount Rainier, I rode back to my neighborhood frustrated and wondered will I ever find someone who didn’t judge me being homeless. It was a question that needed an answer but I just couldn’t find one.
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