Tough youngster with what I fear are gang tattoos onboards without interrupting the phone conversation he is on. “What the fuck do you think she means by that?” he blasts to the phone, really, much too loud given the proximity to my ear, not the mention the other passenger, an enormously pregnant woman with an expensive Drybar hairstyle. “Let me think how she put it: it had to do with Mercury. Something about Mercury being in, in… retrosomething? Retro..gate? That’s why she cannot go out. There was some other bad sounding stuff that went with it. I didn’t understand any of it.” His nervous energy is taking up a lot of space in the car. The pregnant hairstyle and I exchange a look in the rear view mirror. I cannot tell if I see alarm or what exactly. Her lips seem to gently vibrate—I am hoping the experience is not bringing on early labor. “I don’t know man… let me think. Definitely something about the moon cycle as well.. Do you think it’s an excuse? It all sounded like a really bad news. How long does this retrogate thing last? Really? Just couple of weeks? What’s she need my date of birth for?“ Long silence follows as he listens intendly. My pregnant passenger gets out at this point, exiting energetically on the wrong side of the traffic. The tough guy has a further back and forth with the phone regarding the issues related to, it seems, retrograde influence on bi-corporeal signs. He looks increasingly uncomfortable. “What am I trying to find out is,” he says ”is it ACCURATE?” Do I need to worry about the RETROGATE thing? He says, pronouncing “retrograde” as if it were some new disease he thinks he has a symptom of. He switches into whisper: “You do know I have some other business pending upcoming week. Do you think I should nix it?” |
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also san franciscoA ridesharing driver, artist and a commentator operating out of San Francisco. A r c h i v e s
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