the mall

Date: 11/25/2017

the mall has changed. a well dressed old white man, pretending to be charming puts his arm around me, and tries to tell me a limerick. he is a pickpocket and will not leave me alone. i finally get away by screaming and running. all the shops are different than they used to be. i go to the one at the very end to find what i am looking for. it is crowded, bright, and narrow. jewelry cases on both sides. i make it to the lady at the back, but am disappointed and make my way back out. a young black guy comes out at the same time. what he needed wasn’t there either. we make light, sympathetic, jocular, consoling conversation and then part ways