This morning Lucy and Moya walked down to Mission Beach Cafe to gather up some pastries before we headed out of the city. There were two people sitting on the sidewalk by our house and Lucy gave them some of the pastries. I hope she’s always that kind.
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She’s awake
July 23, 2007 · Leave a Comment
I’m presuming that she’s homeless. She’s familiar to me and every time I see her, almost daily, she’s asleep, mouth agape, snuggled in fetal position under a blanket, in a doorway near my office on Folsom between 7th and 8th. Morning afternoon evening asleep. I’ve never seen her awake. I walked to the corner mailbox around 4:30pm today and she walked in front of me. Rail thin, thick dark hair streaked with grey, twitchy in a way that cats are twitchy when they’re in a new space, she leaned down to pick up used cigarettes between cars parked on the street and I walked by. I’m awkward with the familiarity of the people who sleep on the street near my office. There are surprisingly fewer on Folsom/8th than there were on Hayes/Octavia.
