Carnival
Dusk starts to settle on the boardwalk. Busy vendors are cooking, selling balloons, and tickets for the Ferris wheel. A clown loaded to the gills with balloons stumbles through the crowd aimlessly yelling "Balloons five dollars!".Lights and buzzers go off while carnies eagerly make offers to people that simply can't refuse,"Land on the saucer win a prize !" yells an obese man with sweat stains on his wife beater smoking on a cigarette. " No thank you." I replied seeing a woman in her early thirties rummaging through her large leather purse. The screaming of two toddlers obviously overpowering the Xanax and wine she drank earlier ."Quiet! Quiet! "she shrieked, dam near coming unglued right there on the spot. Her relentless efforts were not appeasing these heatheninistic, money-grubbing, snot-nosed brats. "We want the bear!" the oldest one screams. Still torturing this poor lady. "How much for the bear?." she asks as the fat piece of shit eyeballs her up and down. ."I just can't sell prizes maam. You have to win them." .while drawing on a half-lit a cigarette." Sell her the God Dam bear asshole !" I said in a harsh tone." How much do you have?" he replied hacking up something in his throat and then swallowing it. " I have 25 fucking dollars. Is that enough? Kids, children, Shut up! Shut Up ! "she said while whiping boogers and snot from their faces."Give the girl a break, man I'll cover the rest " I shouted while flashing a fifty dollar bill in the air. Here take the dam bear!" the carnie said with a look of accomplishment. The young lady, looking at the disgusting man grabbing the bear. " Meanwhile the carnie quickly grabs the money with his grease-stained giant size hands. She gives the bear to the children and gives me a smile and starts to walk away. I watched her walk for about twenty-five feet admiring her strut. I turn to give chase and the carnie yells "Hey! What about the rest!". I yell" Fuck Off! " flipping him the bird and smiling practically jumping to catch up with this lady. "So are these your kids? "I asked as I caught up and began walking beside her."No, they are my sister's. She just went to prison and my dad is picking them up tomorrow." she said pulling her cigarettes from her purse."Prison, What for? "I asked.She told me her husband and her embezzled ten million dollars ." with a worried look. "Sounds like the American dream." I said ."Nightmares are dreams too" she sarcastically says out of the side of her ruby painted lips ."Do you have a light "she asks flicking her fingers on an imaginary lighter." I quit" I reply in a serious voice ."Fuck" she said sitting down on the curb, cigarette in one hand looking over at her nephews, who are smiling and playing with the bear ."Hold on I have a book of matches." I said pulling them out of my pocket."Thanks ." she said while putting the cigarette up to her lips I quickly strike the match accommodating her and lighting it. She takes a big draw her cheeks sucking in while she sets the ember to a glowing red beacon."What's your name? " I ask unable to pull my eyes away from hers. Brea is what my friends call me "Well, can we be friends? "I asked." Maybe, after my dad picks up these dam kids." ok" I replied helping her to her feet ."My name is David here's my number. Thanks and remember,” Keep your head up and your sanity close at hand. The world is mean and sometimes people even kill with kindness just for fun. I hope you get back to feeling good again. " "That's nice, yes I definitely will call you," she said putting the number in her pocket.
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