Wrestling with 7 overfilled bags of Wegmans groceries, I began to resent the beautiful rain. Plastic had never felt so slippery, my shoes had never dug into my heels so hard. As I saw the front of the Ambassador, I exhaled relief and inhaled the rain.
"Fuck, fuck fuck fuck fukckcn;lkclknkcn!" I yelled, gaining the attention of the little old woman who frequents the beauty shop.
I felt my knees buckle, my feet protrude out from under me. Smack dab in the middle of a puddle. Mud and rain water soaked through my last pair of clean jeans, right through to my last pair of clean underwear.
I frantically looked around North St. in hopes of it being less busy than usual, no such luck. It's almost as if the snickers were deafening, yet the only sound I could hear was someone's familiar voice bellowing towards me.
"Jimmy cracked corn and I don't CAAAAAAAAAARE! Jiiiiiimmy cracked that cooooorn and I DON'T CARE!"
The Human Ipod! As he helped me to my feet, brushed off the murky water and gathered up my perishables, I couldn't help but laugh.
"Sometimes, you just gotta SLOWWWWW down, baby girl." He sang to me.
I traded him a Granny Smith apple in return for a serenading of "It's Raining Men".
Sometimes, life just isn't so bad.
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oh trishster!
your life of unflattering events....
the human ipod is one of the greatest souls to walk buffalo. ask him to sing you a prince song, you'll find even more love for him.
in my time, i spent all of your time; writing and painting and singing and strumming like the nice guy bent for bright light. but the cards were right. i found a friend to keep for life. :D :D :D
my one friend sang to me, when i was really depressed. it went like this " oooooh child, things are gonan get easier. oooooh child things will be brighter."
love.
Well it's true BABY GIRL, sometimes you DO just gotta slow down.
I'll sing you a song next time it's needed and he's not around.
Philster- I have asked him to sing Prince! He was marvelous. Love. : D
MJ- I have never heard truer words, funny that they were from the Human Ipod though! I would looove a song from you.
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