Reminder: This story is told backwards. Got that, anonymous reader known as Chris?
4:00 AM Monday morning in Richmond, VA 10/31/11 –
“They are in the trees.”
“Can I go in there?”
“Please. “ I direct the young man with the hot Krispy Kremes to the new hiding place of 7 of my homeless friends. We just finished the breakfast I rescued from camp but it was cold. A little hot grease and sugar is always welcome.
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Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Monday, October 31, 2011
Mementos of Occupy Richmond (10 AM - 4:45 AM 10/31/11)
If you have never seen "Memento" it is a movie whose story is told backwards.
10:12 AM October 31, 2011 - I sit down to remember some of what has happened in the past day. My face and hands are chapped from the cold. My lips are so chapped they are swollen. My Occupy friend David calls to check on me. He is going to see if he can find Pretty, BBoy, Jesus, and Lightup; find them a drier spot than an entrance ramp. I have stopped crying for now.
9:00 AM October 31 - The kids make it to school just in time. I see parents driving up in their vans and SUV's. What I would have given to have seen about six of those at 2 AM. I see my lifelong friend, Patty.
"The reports of my incarceration have been greatly exaggerated!" I cry out.
10:12 AM October 31, 2011 - I sit down to remember some of what has happened in the past day. My face and hands are chapped from the cold. My lips are so chapped they are swollen. My Occupy friend David calls to check on me. He is going to see if he can find Pretty, BBoy, Jesus, and Lightup; find them a drier spot than an entrance ramp. I have stopped crying for now.
9:00 AM October 31 - The kids make it to school just in time. I see parents driving up in their vans and SUV's. What I would have given to have seen about six of those at 2 AM. I see my lifelong friend, Patty.
"The reports of my incarceration have been greatly exaggerated!" I cry out.
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