School Days

My last day in Chicago, my space was encroached on at the McDonalds located on the floor level of my building.

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There was presence in his approach — a man in a Chicago Bulls varsity jacket.

“I’m just tryna’ flip a blessing,

… I ain’t gon’ lie — I stole it too.”

He pulled out gold chain with a crucifix attached to it. The lobster clasp was broken.

I wonder, to this day — how heinous the originating crime was.