Right by our place there is a row of halfway houses where the occupants are able (for the most part) come and go all day long. Sharkboy and I like to name each porch-sitting occupant and classify their offence:<\/p>\n

“He’s Robbie. He was convicted for selling counterfit subway tokens.”<\/p>\n

“That one with the meshback hat is Dwayne. He’s in for just looking bad.”<\/p>\n

“Yonder is Pete. Got done for huffing Roots aftershave and going on a boob squeezing frenzy.” <\/p>\n

This morning at 6:45, Sharkboy and I were passing one of these homes and a short man, dressed in an XXL tee that tented his lithe frame came bounding out of a doorway, cigarette balanced on his lips. He starts to run.<\/p>\n

As he passes us, the baggy track pant cut-off shorts he’s wearing gives up a cheap cutlery knife with a slightly bent blade. Yeah the kind you used in high school for hot knives. It clatters to the pavement in a symphony of embarassment. Skinny turns back, grabs the knife and starts into his apologies:<\/p>\n

“Mumble… knife is mumble… its for mumble mumble to a black guy. Mumble.”<\/p>\n

He runs off. “Pretty good for a smoker,” Sharkboy comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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