i dont even know how to put this.
this morning i was on my way to morning coffee with kate and kyle and on the corner of merriman and under the 'neelsie' sign was a man and a security guard. the man was a very thin man dressed in a hospital gown. he seemed like he had fallen and couldn't stand back up, so the security guard was assisting him, but he was refusing with menace in his eyes.
he must have escaped from the public hospital up the road, made it about 200m and then collapsed and was unable to get back up onto his terribly feeble legs which he seemed unable to control.
it was deeply moving in a brief and intense way. we know nothing of who he is, why he was in hospital, but his eyes were so empty of life and so full of a parallel universe that he seemed so disillusioned. today seems somewhat hazy after seeing that. a very painful, sordid feeling.
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