The Other Bench
Late last night I went outside to have a cigarette. Around the corner from the entrance of my apartment building there are a couple of benches that sit underneith a large tree that provides protection from the sun, rain and stars. I sat on one of these benches and stared into the street. From out of nowhere (in fact thinking back upon it, it seems he just sort of appeared) comes a skinny, older, man with a gap in his two front teeth, a startched white oxford, shiny black shoes, and a nice hat. He asked me if I would sell him acouple of ciggs. Of course I abliged. He sat down on the other bench. We both lit our smokes off the same match and he pulled the filter out of his. He told me about his brother and sister, his mom with alzhiemers, his relationship with god, the fist time he got laid, his job and how he got it, who he appreciates and why. He told me his name was Greg but all his fellas call him Magic. I told him my name.
The only other thing I told him was the end of his sentences when I was tired of waiting for him to finish them.
And you don’t even know my name. Do you?
1 Allison Says:
Priceless! I love hearing stuff like that. It sounds like the kind of person you would only meet in a movie!
2 elizabeth Says:
i know your name. i always lie when someone like that asks my name. i don’t know why. and i always use the name Sue. once this guy with one legs and crutches was asking me for a smoke while i was in a car waiting for a train to go by, after asking my name, he said “want to know my name? its One Leg. Wanna know how i got that name?” and he pointed to the train chugging by.
3 jules Says:
My spur-of-the-moment-fake-name has always been Sid. Not that many chatty people bumming cigarettes ask my name.
4 ginni Says:
the fake name i have always used is stacy. once i was getting hit on at a bar. i was with jeremy and he was getting us drinks. when he came to the table i told him he had to call me stacy because of the fellas. he decided that stacy was not good enough. it had to be heather stacy and he had to be casey pierre. for a while those names lasted.
5 hubs Says:
i don’t really have any reason for using a fake name in most social situations. but if i want to remain anonymous or am role playing, i usually use Jeffers.
6 elizabeth Says:
jeffers? that sounds like that harry potter rat’s name.
7 chevy Says:
i always use pilar.