11.24.10 - 9:02 am

i dont want to forget this unfortunate memory that keeps popping into my head from time to time.

we were out. i dont remember with who. julie was there i think. maybe derrick. in northwest. we had just parked the car somewhere near a school or playground.

there was an intense urge to urinate.

derrick went off into the bushes just barely off the sidewalk. i went off around the back of a chain link fence. further into the foliage, closer to the modesty derrick seemed to lack.

i began.

spraying the leaves in a crisscross pattern to muffle the noise. a wide six foot swath of micturition. ten seconds into relieving myself, the bushes shuffled. looking down into my cascade i saw the semblance of a human body. a shifting, upset and now damp human body.

the hobo grunted and turned to face me, his body obscured by wet leaves and darkness. i hastily ceased production and ran off.

coursing with shame and pity.