Inspired by Bojangles - Angel of Mercy
06-18-2011, 05:54 PM
Bojangles Wrote:You're more than welcome, as long as you help me hide the carcass.Since Bo and the collective whole of TH inspires me during my writing block(s) I thought I'd share something that happened to me that is just ONE of the many, many things that I still wonder how worse didn't happen or how I survive?
Anyway...
the closest I was to an encounter with a hooker was when I got ditched from some high school "friends" back in New Orleans. The French Quarter is not too bad a place but stay in the light and in the areas of heavy police protection you'll usually be fine...
He was actually a young man (he no more 30) who looked like he was falling asleep and had a nosebleed (yes I was an innocent enough not to fully understand either tripping or drunk)âyou look like youâre from out of town?â âyeah - Iâm lostâ :lost:
I helped him to his feet, got him a soda only to discover he had gotten beat up because he had asked for pament after *delivering services*?
"uh....what? I thought you said you were from out of town" (never mind about the previous statement - both were explained to me later) "I am - I just needed gas money to get back home"
I walked with him over to where his car was - the guy at the lot told us his buddies had parked in a tow away zone and had since bailed on the other guy - leaving him with both out of gas car and the hotel bill (explains why he was broke?) just to reveal more of my unusual personality - I asked the attendant if there was *anything* he "could do for the poor guy" (not sure why I asked - both couldâve done something @#$%ed up) :eg:
I'm not sure why - but then he said if some sweet thing (me?) was willing to get a cup of coffee for some young screw up (him) he could be a nice guy
He filled the guy's tank to full, got us a couple of loaded hot dogs (grilled onion, chili cheese, etc) and told the kid to "be glad there were angels looking out for him," "No - just one"
In case anyone was wondering, I did get home later (had to have my mom pick me up as per the "no questions for 24 hours" rule) but I recently (Friday) found the paper napkin in one of my old books with his IOU and phone number if I ever wanted to get together if he came back to town. I tried calling it when I was at a pay phone at the mall...
Whomever answered the phone said he wasn't home yet - said on Fridays he usually left from his job at the auto shop to go to his writing class and could she take a message?
"yeah tell him his New Orleans angel called -" and I hung up...
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