Mon Dec 24, 2001 7:10 pm
Depression Note #5

YESTERDAY HEADING TOWARDS WORK, SITTING IN THE
BUS, A COUPLE OF KIDS CAME ON THE BUS EATING CHIPS AND
OTHER SNACKS.
3 OF THEM SAT RIGHT BESIDE ME, I WAS
WOORIED ABOUT GETTING TO WORK ON TIME SO DIDN'T PAY ANY
ATTENTION TO THEM, BUT...
AFTER A MINUTE OR SO I
OVERHEARED THEM SAYING:
"CHRIS, YOU'RE AN IDIOT!"
THE
3RD ONE ASKS " WHY?"
"HE'S SO STUPID. SHE ASKS "NO
ONE!" TO RIGHT HER NOTES, BUT SHE "BEGS" TO RIGHT HER
NOTES AND HE DOESN'T!!, CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT? HE'S
SOOOO STUPID"
I LOOKED AROUND TO SEE WHO'S BEEN
ADRESSED AS THE IDIOT, JUST TO FIND OUT A BONY SMALL BLACK
BOY, SHYING AWAY AND BLUSHING! ( HE WAS BLACK
OTHERWISE HIS RED FACE WOULD BE FLASHING LIKE A RED LIGHT!)
HE WAS EATING A SNACK AND TRIED TO PRETEND HE
DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HIS FRIEND IS TALKING
ABOUT.
THE 3RD BOY A FAT JEW BOY OCCUPYING 2 SEATS AND
SITTING LAZILY WITH CRUMS ALL AROUND HIS MOUTH LOOKS
SUPRISINGLY ANS SAYS:
"IS THAT SO?, MAN! SHE LIKES
YOU!WHAT DID I TELL YOU?"
CHRIS STILL LOOKING DOWN AND
EMBARESSED SAYS:"
NO SHE DOESN'T LIKE ME, SHE HATES
ME!"
THE OTHER TWO LAUGH THEIR BELLY OFF, AND GIGGLE AND
SEEM TO ENJOY THIS STATEMENT VERY MUCH.
THE 2ND ONE
, A SLIM BOY WITH SHINEY SMART EYES AND A CAP SAYS:
"WHAT AN I D I O T!... MAN! YOU ARE SO STUPID, SHE'S
BEGGING YOU TO WRITE HER NOTES AND YOU DON'T GET
IT!"
CHRIS DOESN'T REPLY, I CAN EASILY SEE FLAMES OF LOVE
BURNING UNDER HIS CALM AND BROWN SKIN.
I JUST TRY TO
IMAGINE THE BELOVED, AND MAKES ME SMILE , THESE KIDS ARE
SO INNOCENT AND YET THEY TALK ABOUT THIS SO CALM AND
SERIOUS AND COLDLY AS IF THEY WERE 30+ GUYS TALKING IN A
BAR.
THE CONVERSATION GOES ON , UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE TO
GET OFF, SO I MISS THE REMAINING PART, BUT EAGERLY I
TRY TO SEE AT LEAST WHERE IT'S GOING.
CHRIS IS
STILL UNDER SARCASTIC ATTACKS AND EVEN THOUGH
THROUGHOUT THIS BRUTAL CONVERSATION, 1 THING IS DONE WITH
PERFECT CARE AND JOY:
"EASTING TH CHIPS AND SNACKS! A"
AS IF NOTHING ELSE MATTERS MORE THAN THIS IN THE
WORLD!
INNOCENCE IN A JEWL NO ONE CAN BUY AND ONCE LOST, NEVER
EVER AGAIN ABLE TO ABTAIN IT.
CHEERS AND HAPPY
HOLIDAYS EVERYONE.
ANDISHEH