this morning #801.

this morning, i’d walked right on past a guy on the sidewalk holding a sign that read “survival is not easy.” didn’t slow my pace one bit. still, an hour after not stopping to offer any sort of assistance, i just couldn’t get him out of my head. well…not him, really. it was more the idea he was trying to convey & the way that he’d turned his sign towards me in a plea for acknowledgment as i passed. SURVIVAL IS NOT EASY. shit. i get it, dude. survival’s a goddamn slog. do you have to throw it in my face in such stark terms? just ask me for cash to get a meal. shit, man. i’ve been down on my luck but i’ve sucked it up & found work. it may’ve been hard to find but i sure as hell didn’t rely on a sign for my survival.