Bum Chasing: The Maniacal Karate Runner Strategy

Would we call it bum rushing?
Or is it whispering, like Sasha did outside of the Dunkin Donuts the night
before his wedding
on a downtown late-night convergence on the last evening of bachelorhood?

Johnny on the Spot
Highly caffeinated
I

ran into Mike Agape
walking his dog downtown

ran into my best friend from Junior year of high school, Little Joe

and ran around the corner of Preston Street to where the car was parked
and where we were,
earlier,
aggressively
questioned by a bum

there are different types of bums

this particular bum was of the variety
whom needed
a tangible ether

this guy needed to hold it in his hand

'can i ask you a question?'

no.
simultaneous, unison, 'no' declarative.

Johnny on the Spot and Meghanomics are not the ones to ask.

bum #1 circled his own grief in his footsteps as he careened eastward toward transvestite corner.
i could see him racking his brain with ideas that might change our minds.

this was when we exited large green car, hoping a resentment would not burn too long and cause a brick to crash through windshield or side window from
drug addicted grief stricken bum #1

enter stage east, 1.5 hours later, bum #2, fat and deceptive

Meghanomics, the Super Junkie Side Kick, friend of Brown Girl and Brown Girl Press, has ideas that work. She has solutions.

Cornering the corner at high speeds after a lovely rendezvous with Little Joe in his near-leotard and sparkly headband, and after being dismissed so that he could 'talk to those hot guys'

Meghanomics tightened her toes around the thong of her pink flip flops and raised her knees to run, motioning to Johnny on the Spot to follow, and do so quickly,

she motioned martial arts-types of moves with her arms, and ran full speed ahead toward the bum in the Nautica shirt. he smiled, like no one should when a girl in pink flip flops is sprinting toward them motioning with arm movements.

she cleared the danger zone, as a car-full of youngsters smiled, thoroughly amused, as if they understood the strategy.

maniacal karate runner. ( jos )

bum #2 was looking for something like money for a canceled train and had the ticket in his hand, a strategy that is clearly diffused by the Maniacal Karate Runner Strategy

More later, if you please, a continuation of the skateboarding night--
the mugging part of the evening,

and in between, the stabbing part of the evening.