Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Doors and Hope

Read Combined Chaos on MUNI. Got off MUNI & saw large man with a t-shirt that read "HOPE". On the escalator, I was behind an Asian man, whose backpack had a silver zipper-pull shaped like a small door. Ascending to street level, I was aware of every door. They all jumped out at me.

At the end of the day, walking back home, I passed a closed door. Inside, I thought I heard a woman ask for help, but it was not enough for me to stop. I walked a half-dozen more paces when I heard something drop behind me. I turned to see a doorknob laying on the sidewalk beside the door. I stared at it for several seconds before walking up to it. I then saw a hole in the center of the door with the rest of the locking mechanism exposed - and the end of a screwdriver working around the space. Someone was trying to open the door from within. I watched this for a little while, too. Noting a shirtless young man in the alley between the houses, I determined that he was working with the woman. Instead of offering to help, I moved on.