I was sitting alone in the park and not bothering anyone. It was a public area and I couldn’t prevent anyone from sitting in a public setting. Someone approaches where I was sitting and I immediately look to the left and right to empty benches. It’s nighttime and I am a woman sitting alone in a busy area… this was not the time.

Because I do not have a flowery or buttery disposition from the cares of the world and my personal ecosystem, it is hard for the stern voice to stay locked away. My thoughts immediately go to a “please not today” tone, but this real life and I have years of personnel experience of people encountering me and assuming the worse.

*side note: what happen to pages automatically scrolling down when typing so that the current line is mid-page. Did I imagine that?

Well I am sitting in this park and this man comes up to me and does not read the situation. Does not read my tone, body language and by now he has ignored the setting. It is a public place and I do not know if this man is homeless our not and there is already a homeless woman screaming to the rear of me and I rather not set another off.

So I sit there and let a man prattle off about his manuscript that was stolen by someone else. The wind begins to nip at my arms and I offer advice begin again as I excuse myself back to my room. There is no need to further ruin a peaceful night by giving a rude send off.

Sometimes I feel too polite.

Mookie 💜

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