Things Left Unsaid

At the bus terminal there was a guy in one of the shelters. His face was red, and all around his mouth was purple with wine stain. He had a thin plastic bag that had three or four bottles of wine in it. I could hear the bottles clanging together. I was waiting for the bag to split and for the bottles to fall and smash. He was incredibly drunk. Wine drunk. He was trying to sit on the shelter bench and it looked like he was going to fall off of it. I felt dizzy just looking at him. I'm not sure how things all turned out for him. My bus arrived. I got on it and left.

At the bus terminal I was walking on the platform. There was a woman in front of me, and in front of her there was a guy. The three of us were about ten feet apart walking at the same pace. Suddenly the guy laid down on the platform. Didn't fall or anything. Just gently laid down on his side like a person would at home on the carpet. Like to play with the cat or something. When the woman got near him she stopped, and sort of leaned over him. Right when I got near both of them she said, “are you okay?” He looked up at her, and said, “no,” and then very suddenly he changed his response to, “uh, yes!” Then he got up and continued walking. It was very odd. He might have been high. I do not know. We all continued on.

At the bus terminal I was standing on the platform waiting for my bus to arrive. It was a hot and sunny summer day with a nice breeze. A woman with a light dress was walking towards me. The wind caught her dress and it blew up. Not just a flash of upper leg or anything. Like right up. If she had raised her arms at that exact moment the dress might have blown right off, and away like a balloon. She was not wearing anything under it. She was right in my line of sight. Suddenly right in front of me, naked woman for a second or two. I was standing there, and then I continued to just stand there when she walked by me. Neither of us reacted at all to the occurrence. What could we say or do though really? Any reaction I could have had would have been inappropriate. Laugh? Nope. Nod? Nope. Thanks? Nope. OMG? Nope. Yes! High five! Nope. No response was the only option. And what reaction could she have had really? There is just nothing. She couldn't blame me for the wind and scratch my eyes out. She didn't have to apologize.

It was like, oh,

that just happened.