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Thursday, September 25, 2008

Crackheads

Sometimes when I am talking to people I know
or more likely when I am introducing myself
I find that the people that I keep running into are
in need of professional help
not with their finances or yardwork or legal issues like
most people might need
the people I talk to are certifiably insane. Some I have met or
discoursed with lately, I really think are crackheads. Or at least they smoke too much weed.
Take this one guy for instance (a musician - shocking) and I asked him a
question that would generate a time-oriented response - indicated by starting with "When"
but his reply had no indicator that he even can read, he said "Looking forward to talking with you"
when I was expecting "Sometime soon," or "Next month, talk to you then."
Maybe it isn't a bunch of crack-smoking psychos
maybe it is just my arrogance poking fun at me
putting me in situations where I am bound to get frustrated with people
and testing whether or not I can see
But when I think about it, I don't think that theory holds water
because it isn't like I am talking to them above a third-grade level
which may seem patronizing, I guess, but I'm not nice that way
They are the babes in white robes, innocent, and I guess I am the devil.

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