His days like crazy paving.

[p_m_cryan]

The seemingly old man coughed as he emerged from his nest of piled-up newspapers and scavenged cardboard under the rotting footbridge. He blinked in vexation at watery sunlight stabbing painfully into his rheumy eyes. He hitched one shoulder higher than the other as he straightened from a crouch to what passed for a standing position

Comments

[karmasoup]

This is so vivid. It’s mildly amusing, but mostly tragic. I’m totally taken with the imagery you’ve created here, and the reality you’ve given to a life so very few of us ever even bother to think about it. And, btw, bless you, and people like you, who make blankets fall from the sky.

[mamas_minion]

very nice piece, and it was very kind of you to make blankets drop from the sky. your act of kindness and others like it restore my faith in humanity.

[alycewilson]

The funniest thing: I also thought of Dr. Who while reading the first portion of this. There is a sense that maybe the world thinks he's crazy but he really is from some mysterious, foreign land.