THE SAVAGE HINTERLAND

At first I was wondering why there were so many people about on the streets when I got home. Especially the evening before Daylight Savings Time kicks in. Then I remembered: Chinese Newyear Parade. The town is, consequently, filled with many more white people. Including the tweaky tattooed meth freak on the bus from Marin.
Who was by himself a slice of life.

Normally I like to zone out on the bus. Reconstitute my head. Meditate. By the time the bus hits downtown Sausalito that becomes difficult, as the crowds of tourists flock on and talk loudly. This time, because of the druggie, that was ill-advised ab initio.

Heavily tattooed. Hands. Neck. Arms. Parts of the face. Twitch twitch, fuss, move head and hands frenetically. Shift position repeatedly. Scratch scratch scratch.

San Rafael's finest citizen.
A typical product.

The tourists were quite unaware of him. It. Ladies and gentlemen, now's your chance to be photographed with an actual native, barely domesticated. Admire the nosebone!
The monochromatic correctional institute skin grafiti!

Nobody.

The picture above represents the densely verdant undergrowth in city parks and around civic buildings in San Rafael where the species often roosts. Ignore the little piles of bones, those are just the neighborhood's missing children after the successful hunt and subsequent feasting. Suburban kids are dime a dozen, nobody misses them
And they're so easy to replace.

The trailer parks are pulsating with procreation!


If they survive to adulthood they become heavily tattooed artistic type who live their lives meaningfully, spiritual, all mystical and vegan.


I haven't run into the woman whose existance attracted drama in months.
She was very Marin. We all heard about her life.
Existenz-angst und weltschmerz.
Ganz spannend!



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