Wait For Me
To the person living under my house in New Orleans I have to warn you that we have called the police.
--I don't see any phone wires under here--
You can't stay there.
--Why not?--
First and foremost because you snore, mane.
--I can sleep on my side, if you had just told me earlier...--
No, I'm telling you now, go find a shelter.
--People f with you in them shelters, they steal your shit, and I got beat up last time.--
You probably got beat up because you pissed somebody off not doing what they ask you to do.
--Man was trying to handle me.--
And you're driving the neighbor's dogs crazy. So you snore and the dogs bark, it's no good.
--I could sleep on your couch?--
No.
--People aren't nice to me.--
It is unnatural for some to be nice.
--I won't snore, please...--
Look man, I'll give you a ride to an uptown shelter, that's the best I'm going to do for you.
--You're not here to give me a ride.--
I will be there.
--When?--
Soon.
--Ok, I'll wait for you.--
I keep thinking about this conversation and trying to relay it to various people I am talking to. It reminds me (for no good reason) of when my brother lived in a seedy dump in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and in the middle of the night a guy walked right into his place and stood by his bed. My brother woke up and the guy said, "You're not a girl." Then my brother yelled "FUCK OFF" in the most alpha voice he could muster and the guy went away.
Yeah, the good ole alpha personality comes in handy in the uh impoverished neighborhoods of the world. Or so we alpha impersonators like to believe. When I was gut renovating this house--not this country estate I am at now, but the New Orleans Rocheblave house under which things sometimes happen--I would be a little over tense at times, just due to the cumulative horror and hassle, and my associates would remind me that perhaps my F U meter was set too high. The meter really needs constant adjustment, but is a useful tool in certain circumstances, I think.
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To the person living under my house in New Orleans I have to warn you that we have called the police.
--I don't see any phone wires under here--
You can't stay there.
--Why not?--
First and foremost because you snore, mane.
--I can sleep on my side, if you had just told me earlier...--
No, I'm telling you now, go find a shelter.
--People f with you in them shelters, they steal your shit, and I got beat up last time.--
You probably got beat up because you pissed somebody off not doing what they ask you to do.
--Man was trying to handle me.--
And you're driving the neighbor's dogs crazy. So you snore and the dogs bark, it's no good.
--I could sleep on your couch?--
No.
--People aren't nice to me.--
It is unnatural for some to be nice.
--I won't snore, please...--
Look man, I'll give you a ride to an uptown shelter, that's the best I'm going to do for you.
--You're not here to give me a ride.--
I will be there.
--When?--
Soon.
--Ok, I'll wait for you.--
- jimlouis 11-19-2003 3:44 pm
I keep thinking about this conversation and trying to relay it to various people I am talking to. It reminds me (for no good reason) of when my brother lived in a seedy dump in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and in the middle of the night a guy walked right into his place and stood by his bed. My brother woke up and the guy said, "You're not a girl." Then my brother yelled "FUCK OFF" in the most alpha voice he could muster and the guy went away.
- sally mckay 11-26-2003 7:50 am [add a comment]
Yeah, the good ole alpha personality comes in handy in the uh impoverished neighborhoods of the world. Or so we alpha impersonators like to believe. When I was gut renovating this house--not this country estate I am at now, but the New Orleans Rocheblave house under which things sometimes happen--I would be a little over tense at times, just due to the cumulative horror and hassle, and my associates would remind me that perhaps my F U meter was set too high. The meter really needs constant adjustment, but is a useful tool in certain circumstances, I think.
- jimlouis 11-26-2003 3:09 pm [add a comment]