“Got the Time?”

"Yep! Half past a monkey's ass quarter till his balls." The old guy started to laugh and then winced in pain. "You want to sit down, there's room.", he said. "What happened, you ok?" I said as he turned and looked me square in the eye.

"I got jumped by these three guys, they broke my ribs, busted my jaw." He said pulling on his upper lip to show me the wires in his mouth. "Damn near beat me to death. I just got out of the hospital last week. What am i gonna do? I'm 52 years old! They were half my age twice my size and hungry. They asked if i had a smoke and i said No, they asked if i had any money, "none i can spare" i told them. The biggest one got an inch from my face and said,"Well, were going to take it from you then." Next thing i remember i woke up in the hospital with my daughter crying and holding my hand." He said. Together we stood up to see if that was the 84 bus to Watt I-80 station.