urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:nsrii Nick Nick 2006-11-04T06:33:37Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:nsrii:60880 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z 2006-11-04T06:33:37Z i lit a trash can on fire with a hose, today. the arch was high and very, very bright. i thought about a tuna can i once saw, but decided against it. off to my right there were three civil war enthusiasts. i smiled at their costumes. the blood was real, though. kind of strange.<br /><br />i walked away from the trash can and headed up the street. there was a nickel laying on the sidewalk, it was the size of a quarter. what nonsense! i went ahead and picked it up. <br /><br />behind me a group of street kids mumbled something. they told me there was more. from what i could see in the reflections around my shoes, they didn't look me in the eye.<br /><br />just bored