there was this guy tripping hard
Tweaking
Hard
dirty
slurring and screaming
on the corner of Main and East
yelling and blabbering nonsense
I’m a little nervous walking up
He screams again then looks at me
and points at a spot on the floor, still looking at me
I’m a little high too so I follow along, trying to blend in, not be a threat type thing
I look where he points then back at him
He screams, or more like a yelp this time, and points again elsewhere on the cement
I look there then back at him
then again
more times than I remember
I begin to wonder if people are watching and thinking I’m with him
Finally he throws both hands up and screams at the sky, grabbing his hair and pulling
eyes red
bloody
And I think it’s time to go
I walk away
some further screams behind me
I guess I didn’t see it
or get it
what he was pointing at
probably never will