Wednesday, July 18, 2007
THE 1-95 UNDERPASS DINER WOW
Well i have decided to go see my womon friend who has chosen to be homeless and lives under the 1-95 overpass to bring her something to eat some shoes and to get from her some invaluable conversation. I made her some bar b Que seitan and baked sweet potatoes, collard greens with raw onions and tomatoes her favorite foods that i prepare. As i was preparing the food i asked myself now are you going to a wimmin-only space? I laughed and heard myself say don't be silly this is under the 1-95 overpass how could it be wimmin-only space? Then i thought of what i had said about the (LHD) event/action at the other womons house wow. So i walked up to 1-95 with the shoes and food for my friend, when i got there a different womon was housed in the spot that she usually kept her belongings, i asked the womon where was my friend she told me that she had died 3 days ago and that the county had come and removed her body. I cannot even begin to tell how i felt, i had not seen her in bout 2 months or talked to her, did not know she was ill, i wondered why she had not been in touch with me. I sat with the woman who was there and offered her the food i had and the shoes, she took them and thank me i told her that the food was vegetarian she did not seem to particular but when i told her that i really had the food for my friend who was not there she seemed more opened to eat and talk to me, i asked here where did they take her body and she told me that the county takes people like herself to the county morgue and held them there until either someone claimed the body or till it was time to dump the body in the county graves. I am going to see if i can claim her body and i will have her cremated and scatter her ashes under the 1-95 overpass. I think i made another friend in this womon, i asked her if it would be o.k. to come and see her again,yes she said. She also told me that the food was very good, and wanted to know if i was a cook, i wanted to tell her about the (LHD)action/event but i was so shaken and i did not feel open enough with her. I said bye and that i would see her again in about 2weeks. The regrets about not seeing my friend were still very strong with me when i got home, it was the first time in almost 2 years that i remembered crying.
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