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Bus in Foon
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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He looks to be a street guy, prosthetic leg, maybe late 50's, early 60's, rides his bus up to the bus stop, parks it, goes inside the shelter.
I'm early for the bus, sitting down against the outside of the shelter, can't see in...
More people are showing up every minute, a young kid, maybe 8 or 10 goes into the shelter with him, takes a seat...
And he begins...intoning, a weird accent, high, nasal voice...."We are doing to this planet what we have done to Mars...our history is older than has been recorded..."
He's channeling, or something, I can only hear him, in the smoky haze, the sun and mountains obscured it almost seems relevant...I look over into the bus shelter at the kid, he's got a horrified, WTF expression on his face...
He continues..."The price of gas should be 10 fold what it is now...only when it is $20 per litre will it stop...."
The kid is weirded out, grabs his knapsack and leaves the shelter, homeless guy has taken off his prosthetic, eyes rolling in his head as he channels the spirits, makes his prophecies, his amputated stump hangs down, a mass of soggy flesh that resembles an elephant's trunk, "Only in Foon" I'm thinking...he continues with his prophecies and dire warnings to the human race at sporadic intervals...
As other passengers show up to wait he hops out, talks to them, shows them a pair of long-handled snipping shears, for the arborist, he's raving about what a great deal they were, fairly normal conversation, I was hoping for better, all the locals know him, humour him, I just watch..
Then, when the bus comes, he loads his bike on the front, grabs his leg, his packages and shears, hops on the bus, stands close to me and begins to amuse a young girl, he's quacking at her like a duck, speaking in that Donald-Duck voice, but mostly just quacking, the girl, her mother, they're amused, even the bus rides in Foon are an adventure...
Prop Dick
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Talking to the boy, back in University, he tells me about a friend of his who got an "acting" job as "Prop Dick", helping his camming girlfriends out with particular requests, apparently it pays well. It's a different world...
Where are they now?
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And, stopping at the Marblehead quarry (in the Meteorite Strewn field, or close enough), reading the graffiti I'm left wondering "Where are they now?". If anybody knows, drop me a line and fill me in...
2017 - Tami and Rick. Still together?
Kimberley and Chuck. Jesus is the Rock. Still together? From all the accessory graffiti I'm pretty sure that one of them's gonna leave the other for Jesus...
Michelle and DC Talk? I'm not too hopeful, sounds like she only got his "DJ" Name...
1 Bar of Internet
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For the moment, while deflecting the onslaught of bills, car repairs, insurance, lockers, phone, many, many others, I take refuge in the staff accommodation. Temporary, a dark basement, no sunlight whatsoever, fluorescent lights that only occasionally work, no internet, a good night gives you stop-motion pornography - a mere one bar on the computer, on the phone none, a shower that jets steam and ice water alternately despite the tap, the clutter of bad furniture, bedding, finding a place here, it's been a constant battle and it's wearing me down, this getting settled, and time is passing...
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