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Under the No Loitering Sign

"What are you doing here?" "I'm standing here." "Can't you read? It says no loitering!" "I'm not loitering, I'm standing." "Standing is loitering!" "Can I sit on the ground then?" "No! Get out of here!" "Can I finish the hardboiled egg I bought in the Mart first?" "No, f*ck you, that didn't buy rent for a place to stand!" "Why are you so mean?" "Why are you still loitering!" "Wait, wait, let me check the dictionary on my i-phone. Hmm. It says here 'Loitering: To travel indolently and with frequent pauses.' Okay then, I won't loiter, I'll just stand here." "Wait yourself! I've got an i-phone too. Hey! That wasn't the only meaning. It says, 'Loitering, to stand idly without apparent purpose.' So there! Skiddaddle!" "But I do have a purpose, a major purpose." "What purpose is that?" "Soon as you walk away I'm gonna smoke a reefer. Maybe a crackpipe. Maybe mainline some horse, haven't decided. Pretty big purpose if you ask me!" "You can't do drugs here." "I'm not doing drugs." "You said you were going to!" "You said I needed a purpose to stand here. I guess my purpose could be to chuck rocks through the windows." "I'm calling the cops!" "You do that. I'll tell them you've had your pecker hanging out this whole time."

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