balancing acts

Ummmm ok… well this morning on the train there was a lady who had made up her mind that she wasn't going to hold on to anything. Guess she was practicing her balance or what not… I'm staring at her the whole time… using all my will power to make her fall… but I must admit I was very impressed cuz she kept it going, never once grabbing onto anything or anyone.

So we get to Union Station…. This broad pulls out her palm pilot and starts doing work… So im like… oh she just trying to show off now… And it wasn't like she had it down pat by any means… u know how some white boys will do it but they are used to skate boarding and surfing so they're just like 'whateva dude far out'… feet don't eva move… this lady was stumbling all over the place… getting tossed to and fro… jerked ... almost bust her ass numerous times… but she kept at it....

By the time we get to Judiciary Square im laughing out loud .... cuz this lady (blonde, about 5'5", slight frame, around 35) was soooo determined to make it to her destination without grabbing on to anything.... it had become obsessive.  Now the whole car was staring... ooh-ing and ahh-ing with each stumble... and she looked so helpless being thrown all about …

Then at Gallery Place it gets crowded… so now her margin for error has decreased ..... but her determination is as strong as ever… she keeps on... then at Metro Center it gets even more crowded… and due to the incoming crowd she somehow gets positioned right in front of me... … like face to face… with just inches to spare... I'm leaning against the panel thing, and she's in front of the door... Im thinking surely she is not going to try anymore... But I see her feet spread again and her palm pilot raises.... sure enough the train pulls off and she continues on with her balancing act....

Now the tracks between Metro Center and Farrugaut North are treacherous... its curves and jerks and leans and more … she gets about half way thru when we hit a big bump and sho nuff she falls all up on me…

I just laughed and said to her "damn now u gotta go all the way back to Brookland and start over"

hunted

strollin...
high....
zonin out to my music....
jazz...
don't know the artist...
steady pace...
makin good time...
freezin...
hair tucked in coat...
head down ...
tryin to avoid the hawk...
corner of my eye...
a cutie...
familiar...
de ja vu...
nah, stronger...
oh shit...
her...
memories...
thought to have been lost...
flooding in...
like a levvy in my mind just blew...
a quaint quiet night...
alcohol level just right...
as were my words...
as was her game...
bartender slides me a drink...
her glass raises as she winks...
head gets bigger...
on so many levels ...
eboni...
later on she lets me know thats just her name for the night...
for now she lets me know...
that she has plans for me...
not often im the hunted...
a different type of feeling ...
want more...
as does she...
rounds piling up...
caution breaking down...
check gets delivered....
she grabs it...
the check too...
her place...
animals unleashed...
purrrrrin as her claws dig deep...
leo...
feelin her flames...
scorchin searin...
consuming...
purr turns into a roar...
balcony bed wall floor...
ceiling?
.....
wake up...
my spot...
memory spotted...
smile on my face...
as it is now as I acknowledge her as she walks by...
not returned...
well damn...
half a block away...
head turns...
she winks...
slight pucker of the lips...
... what an amazin specimen

Karma & Gremlins

kar·ma [kahr-muh]:

Action, seen as bringing upon oneself inevitable results, good or bad, either in this life or in a reincarnation. A muthafukka.

On my way from the metro today, I have my eyes wide open, grill guarded, and I'm knuckled up ready for any further mischief them little muthafukkas have in store for me... What little muthafukkas u ask... them damn GREMLINS that have been fuckin with me all morning.....
Started when I was awaken by my alarm at 7am. One of them mfs must've fukked with the snooze... cuz I pushed it once, and I ended up waking myself up at 9:15... mind u, I'm supposed to be at work at 9. So out of my bed I jump... run to the bathroom, turn on the hot water so it can warm up... grab my jug of water to soothe my crackin throat... Bitches!! they done drank all my water... And I'll be damned if I drink out the tap, ohhhhhhhh... I know... I had a big cup of lemonade on the table.. I'll drink that. Mfs done knocked that shit on floor... now my whole living room floor sticky.
Fuk it i'm too late for this... Make sure Bananas has his food and water... find something to wear, and go and hop in the shower... guess what... now they done messed up the hot water heater ... cuz the shit ain't even luke warm. Too late, gotta endure the freezing shower... felt like I was about to go swimming at the neighborhood pool!!
So I get to the bus stop... bus usually takes 3-5 minutes to arrive... today... 35 minutes... so its after 10 already. Bus packed as hell... I'm standing with some burly dude's armpit on my neck .. saying to myself over and over again... time to get a car.
Its not rush hour anymore so I know im in for a long ass wait at the metro... I get there and while I'm walking to the escalator, two old fat white men form a wall that I can't get around and they just strolling... finally I slide past brushing one of them on purpose and saying under my breathe... 'fuk out da way'. Get to the escalator... mf standing on the LEFT side... bastid!!... "scuse me man!" ... This nigga look like he got an attitude... bitch learn some metro-quette. Thats when I hear "bing bing doors opening" ... Shit!! its already here... so I start running and skipping steps... and just when I had forgotten about them... there they go again. Mid jump... one of them little muthafukkas grabs my foot. "Noooooooooooooooooo...." I fall in slow motion... bust my ass right at the top of the escalator so not only the people behind me and the people coming down ... but the people already at the top and even some on the train, thats now pulling away slowly, saw me fall. ... next train 15 minutes.
Which brings us to where we started... I'll be damn if I let my guard down again. Performing today at the top of the stairs... nobody... must've missed them.
OHHHHHHHHHHH SHIT!! The picket line is gone!! Well merry fukin Christmas... Guess good karma finally found its way to them... or perhaps them mfs were too lazy to keep it up any longer.... Me... my karma's not so good today.... but hey... I can persevere. Little fukin gremlins... Fucked up my floor... made me bust my ass in front of everybody... made me late for work... fucked up my hot water ... just fukin up shit left and right.....
then SHE walks by, and even them little mf gremlins calm their asses down and just gaaaaaaaaaaaaze... mouths wide open..... damn... what a beautiful morning. :D