mrzablowdowski

Stopped for the pedestrian, traffic was heavy on a rain soaked rush hour home. A little black car, to the right, stopped alongside. A courier van sped around the trolley bus in the third and outside lane. Hitting the brakes hard the van slid through the intersection and up onto the sidewalk. The pedestrian disappeared in view of a white streak. An alert broadcast in every nerve. In an instant the man was launched into air betwixt light post, parking standard and newspaper box. It might owe to the elastic nature of plate glass or of the human condition, the guy bounced off the window of BlockBuster Video.
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Diesel growl all night. Commercial power maintenance at the big mall. Burnt, another long night and early next morning. I'd like nothing better than a quiet evening at home and crank on a bottle of South African brandy. I can't. I'm on call this weekend.
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Wave through everytime. In the company truck. Never surprised to see the check stops. Out everynight. Same places. To think the unthinkable is to drink and drive. The world changed profoundly.