Wednesday, June 2, 2021

The man who wanted Pistachio ice cream


ok
he started talking to me
about ice cream.  about how he really wanted some.
about how he wanted to know if I would buy some for him.
ok
this is post-COVID, people have suffered, maybe he has
he spoke in complete sentences about ridiculous things,
about being addicted to ice cream and trying to taper, 
but needed it, really.
ok
what difference would it make in my life if I bought him some ice cream
would it break the bank, would my life collapse, was I aiding and abetting
but he did say that he had been kicked out already a few times
was he different from someone begging in the street
that someone I never gave a second look
ok
I bought the ice cream
in exchange for a photo
I hope he found a spoon.

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