2012 is Only a Few Right Nows Away

As I arrived at the Music Under New York spot at 59th street I noticed there were new orange ads for Home Depot all over the station walls.

The guy who usually stands downstairs with an empty coffee cup and a sign on his neck saying ‘I’m hungry’ walked by, smiled and said ‘hi’ to me. I guess he was on his way to his usual spot, though he didn’t have the sign and the empty coffee cup.

Photo by Oscar Durand

A guy gave me yesterday’s New York Times saying “you can read it on your break”.

At 2pm the guy with the ‘I’m hungry’ sign walked back. This time he did have the cup in his hand and sign on his neck.

At 2:30 the guy who makes balloon sculptures waited for the train and nodded ‘hi’ to me.

Photo by Oscar Durand

Somebody put a brown-paper note in my donations box. It says: “2012 is only a few right nows away. That (the musical saw) would sound great on my album. The eye of the world, fifth dimension of reality. Us.”

At 3pm the sanitation lady saw that I was packing up and said “have a nice day”.