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[stressballpoped]

suddenly today i remembered this little wounded bird.  it was a friday, the day before my fall.  as usual i was waiting for my carpooler in our rendezvous point (a designated parking lot).  feeling bored I looked around for meaningless things when a something hopped into my view.  it hopped closer as i realized that it was a tiny bird flapping its

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[psychox]

Karma.

I once gave a woman a number for a taxi after she refused treatment for a leg injury caused by a run-in with some police officers trying to detain her. She asked me to help her outside to meet the cab. A nurse saw us and told us to wait while she got a wheelchair. The woman told me, "They're not gonna get me a wheelchair." The cops had just forced her to out of one when she refused treatment, and she could not walk on her own. I said, "Just wait a bit." I sat down and closed my eyes. When I opened them again, she was staggering out the door, clinging to the wall to support herself. A security guard said, "Do you want a chair?" She said, "I WANT TO GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!" And stumbled outside, crying.

The guards stood around laughing about it afterwards.

I tried to take a nap.

And I've had this pain in my pelvic region ever since. It hasn't killed me yet, but that's the nature of karma, if you believe that kind of shit.

[psychox]

Yes, I know that karma is a Hindu concept and is supposed to go into effect between lifetimes, not within the same lifetime, but yeah, I just use the Western use of the word, which is incorrect, like most Western understandings of anything outside of itself.

[stressballpoped]

why were you there in the first place

[psychox]

Got arrested. Or, took an injured bird to the ER. Pick whichever answer you like best.